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09-25-11, 06:06 PM
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Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
I caught a juvenile Eastern Milk snake today and have decided to keep it. It's been years since I've owned a snake and I have never owned a milk snake. I was wondering if I could feed it raw chicken meat when it gets a little bigger as long as I added reptile calcium to it? I will be feeding it worms for now as it is very small little snake. There is nowhere near me that sells frozen mice - I live in the boondocks - so I was wondering about alternative foods.
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09-25-11, 06:09 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
They are tough to jump start.. Never seen one take a worm.
Small pinkies split in half has always worked for me.
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09-25-11, 06:13 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Is there a pet store near you that sells pet mice? You could buy a pair and breed them for food.
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09-25-11, 07:52 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
mealworms??
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09-25-11, 08:20 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
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mealworms??
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I'm assuming earthworms.
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09-25-11, 08:24 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
See my problem with live mice is I don't have the heart to kill them. I would want to keep them as pets. LOL call me silly...
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09-25-11, 08:24 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
no I've done research on Milksnakes and the field guides and herping websites I've seen all say that juvies feed on worms and slugs in the wild.
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09-25-11, 08:25 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
I believe that it is not legal to keep eastern milks.
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09-25-11, 08:32 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Probably wasn't legal when I kept an Eastern Red Bellied Snake either...
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09-25-11, 08:33 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Anyway as I said, I live in the 'boondocks' lol. Most of the pet stores around don't sell pets - just dog food etc....it's so annoying!! 
Maybe it won't be possible to keep the little guy. It's such a cute little snake and very vibrantly coloured...I wish there was a way...will keep researching. Can't keep it indoors for long if I'm not gonna keep it.
Argh just realized I typo'd my thread title. o_O
Last edited by Pareeeee; 09-25-11 at 08:39 PM..
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09-25-11, 08:40 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Well then if you live in the "boondocks" the laws don't apply.
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09-25-11, 08:43 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
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Originally Posted by totheend
Well then if you live in the "boondocks" the laws don't apply.
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haha awesome response
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09-25-11, 08:45 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
if I drove into the city and bought frozen pinkies how much do they usually cost? and how fast do you go through them for a snake the size of a milksnake?
PS: the Yale university website herpetology section lists the food of the wild Eastern Milksnake as follows:
Eats a variety of vertebrate prey. Amphibians, small mammals, small birds, and even snakes and lizards are constricted before being swallowed.
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09-25-11, 08:50 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Seriously though, guys, if it's too difficult or possibly detrimental to keep an Eastern Milk Snake in captivity then tell me straight up. I mean, I know reptiles, but it's been a while and I have never owned this particular type of snake. Let me know if it 'can be done'.
Pics.
Last edited by Pareeeee; 09-25-11 at 09:14 PM..
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09-25-11, 11:55 PM
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Re: Feed chicken to Milk Sake?
Prices of pinkies from a pet store in Canada is usually about a dollar each.
If you order them from a rodent breeder you can probably get them for around $0.40 each.
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