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01-05-14, 03:33 PM
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mice or chicken?
i read something the other day about using cut up chicken breasts (raw) instead of rodents as food for reptiles.
what's everyone's opinions?
i dont know what i think of it. in the wild, a snake isnt going to find a chicken in the wild (at least not around here) but, people do feed larger snakes full chickens and chicks. so, is it basically the same thing?
i've been wanting to ask, tried doing more research on it, but couldnt find anything too convincing.
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01-05-14, 03:39 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
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Originally Posted by ilovemysnake
i read something the other day about using cut up chicken breasts (raw) instead of rodents as food for reptiles.
what's everyone's opinions?
i dont know what i think of it. in the wild, a snake isnt going to find a chicken in the wild (at least not around here) but, people do feed larger snakes full chickens and chicks. so, is it basically the same thing?
i've been wanting to ask, tried doing more research on it, but couldnt find anything too convincing.
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stick to rodents.
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01-05-14, 03:41 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
I saw a guy feed beef heart to his corn
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01-05-14, 03:44 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
Raw chicken carries so much nasty bacteria.
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01-05-14, 03:45 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
chopped up chicken breast has no where near as much nutrients as mice or rats. Stick to whole prey items.
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01-05-14, 03:46 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
They get nutrients from WHOLE prey items.. Calcium from bones etc... Feeding chicken breast doesn't provide this and shouldn't be done...
It's a cheap way out for people who have little care about providing what's needed and focusing on what's easy.
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01-05-14, 03:46 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
As others have said, stick to whole rodents.....
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01-05-14, 06:28 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
snakes cannot get the full range of nutrients they need from pieces of chicken. its a horrible way to kill your snake very slowly. as said, they need whole prey to get a full range of minerals, nutrients, proteins, amino acids and fats from all the diffrent parts of the animal
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01-05-14, 06:43 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
I have offered chicken wings with vit added. I mix it up and give them a wide variety of foods to eat. Chicks, rats, mice chicken wings with vit added. My snakes are healthy and live long lives. In the wild snakes eat a variety of different food items.
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01-05-14, 07:08 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
Honestly aside from the nutritional stuff the poop from the chicken can be soo gross
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01-05-14, 08:25 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
Snakes were meant to eat whole prey items. People who feed chicken pieces are lazy and want the cheapest way to feed their animal. I don't like that practice at all.
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01-05-14, 09:09 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
My snakes eat whatever I'm eating for the night. Tonight I made them chicken stirfry!! They loved it!! Haha jk
This sounds lazy and what everyone else said about not getting the proper nutrients is correct.
I'm not too educated on the snake vitamins and chicken wings practice... Spicy or mild?
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01-05-14, 09:23 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
As chickens are only domesticated red jungle fowl, a snake shouldnt find wild chicken. As everyone has said snakes need whole prey items for nutrition, bones-calcium, liver-vitamin d3, etc... I do supplement my retics diet whole chickens, but not pieces.
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01-05-14, 09:36 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
How often do you feed your retics chickens?
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01-05-14, 09:47 PM
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Re: mice or chicken?
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Originally Posted by kelzerman
How often do you feed your retics chickens?
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About every 5-6 feedings, they are higher in fat so not a good stable diet. She really seems to like them though and I haven't noticed the horrible smelling feces everyone talks about. If I remember correctly yours is about 3 feet now right? She could take a chick soon, but they are even less nutritious so I would only do it occasionally. Is yours pure mainland?
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