probiotics

tonyb · 02-27-05, 11:19 AM

hi guys

ive read a couple of articles that say you should add probiotics to the water to keep royals healthy. apparently they eat snake poo in the wild and this creates good bacteria for them to aid digestion and keep them hungry etc. do any of you guys do this?

Tim_Cranwill · 02-27-05, 11:38 AM

Nope. And I REALLY doubt they eat snake poo in the wild. In fact, I'd bet you $100 they don't and wouldn't.

honduranfreekk · 02-27-05, 11:44 AM

I will rase that to $1,000

Kelvin@Brigitte

malaysianbloods · 02-27-05, 12:22 PM

To rich for my blood. Who knows he might force it down there throut. LOL

tonyb · 02-27-05, 02:25 PM

im being serious guys. its in an article about royal pythons in reptilecare magazine. i'll scan it tommorow and post it.

justinO · 02-27-05, 02:29 PM

if you want probiotics to get into your ball python, you would have to raise your own feeders on a mixture of lab diet for rats and dog food that has only chicken protein and contains probiotics, and hope that some of this benifit transfers to the snake from the food. Garbage in, garbage out but gold in..... i dunno, golden poo? lol

Jessy

tonyb · 02-27-05, 05:02 PM

i dont know a bout the usa but in the uk we have something called avipro. its a probiotic that you add to its drinking water.
apparently its excellent for problem feeders

Bristen · 02-28-05, 08:02 AM

in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with adding pro-biotics to the snake's diet.. pro-biotics are very useful for humans and animals, and it should help somewhat.. is it necessary? I doubt it very much..

I would strongly recommend pro-biotics for any snake that has gone under anti-biotic treatments however... anti-biotics kill/reduce good bacteria in the digestive/intestinal track and pro-biotics will certainly be of benefit to the animal...

Anyways, just my thoughts...

Bristen