Hello, I really want a snake, but Kind of have an uneasy feeling about feeding mice, frozen or live. Are there any alternative foods, preferrably fish or bugs? Lizards, etc arent much better. I have heard maybe quail eggs or somethinng?
ANY alternative snake food?
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I have heard they dont like being handled though, or do they? I want something I can handle. I may be able to slip a mouse in once in a while, but people who live with me are utterly disgusted with the thought of mice being raised just to be killed, or something like that.... the hipocryt wears leather shoes... :S
There are egg eating snakes...
There are legless lizards...
garter snakes can apparently have a different diet...
a lot of people feed chicks to snakes also.
Fully aquatic snakes are also amphib/fish diet.
All I can think of right now-there are slug eaters but don't think they are around in the trade too commonly.
There are legless lizards...
garter snakes can apparently have a different diet...
a lot of people feed chicks to snakes also.
Fully aquatic snakes are also amphib/fish diet.
All I can think of right now-there are slug eaters but don't think they are around in the trade too commonly.
If you get a smaller snake like a corn or a king then you can feed mice. They usually run a couple of bucks each and the snakes usually eat every other week so you looking at a very low cost pet to feed. Although it's occasionally possible to get snakes used to eating other raw foods it's difficult to match the natural ballance present in a mouse.
Wild snakes...especially kings suppliment thier diet with lizards and other snakes but it's not really necessary to keep them healthy and happy..
The other advantage of going with corns and kings is that they are designed to basicly shut down during the winter months. In fact if you plan to breed them it's a necessity.
Wild snakes...especially kings suppliment thier diet with lizards and other snakes but it's not really necessary to keep them healthy and happy..
The other advantage of going with corns and kings is that they are designed to basicly shut down during the winter months. In fact if you plan to breed them it's a necessity.
Wolf3101;1426660; said:
Thanks man, but the thread is about NOT feeding mice
Davo, the problem is, the person who has a problem with it is my mother. Im thinking about saying they can eat quail eggs or something, then bringing home a mouse from the pet store I work at and feeding it that... only thing is that if this gets found out somehow, im screwed.
Gourami Swami;1426702; said:
I can't think of a snake that's overly handable though that doesn't eat mice... egg eaters are kinda hit and miss I think. My mum never liked it, but I ended up having my own drawer in the bottom of the freezer for frozen fish and reptile food and she learned to live with it. Although her problem wasn't an ethical problem, just that she didn't want dead rodents in the freezer. Tough call. Sometimes you just got to try and talk it through (although I expect you have already tried). Do you have any other pets in the house?
Yes, I have lots of fish, three cats, and a couple small herps.
If there is something more "ethical" and still dietarily complete, think I could get some kind of hatchling snake, give them mouse-scent and have the snake learn to eat them?
If there is something more "ethical" and still dietarily complete, think I could get some kind of hatchling snake, give them mouse-scent and have the snake learn to eat them?
ummm... there are a few snakes that mostly eat lizards in the wild but it's going to be costly to do that, and you might end up having to rear your own. They also aren't really the handling type and are far and few between in captivity and non-venomous.
CATS!! lol if you ever want to have a pet thats socially acceptable to let outside and destroy any form of native animal then cats are for you (not saying you let yours out or anything, but they are my no.1 grind my gears pet when they are let to free roam outside...) But if you don't... what do you feed your cat... just as bad as mice lol. Although like you pointed out, leather shoes. Sorry this bit is a bit off topic.
CATS!! lol if you ever want to have a pet thats socially acceptable to let outside and destroy any form of native animal then cats are for you (not saying you let yours out or anything, but they are my no.1 grind my gears pet when they are let to free roam outside...) But if you don't... what do you feed your cat... just as bad as mice lol. Although like you pointed out, leather shoes. Sorry this bit is a bit off topic.