Raw Chicken Strips?

[benzjamin13]

I also heard that feeding them fish is bad. Is that true?

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

So you think that cut pieces of raw chicken is ok? I saw your thread where you fed yours a whole baby chick, that's why I'm asking.

It's fine just probably just not as much nutritions as a whole animal.

I also heard that feeding them fish is bad. Is that true?

From what I gathered live or freshly killed fishes are ok but frozen fishes are not good in the long run. Something about Thiamine or thiamin.

 

[coura]

It's fine just probably just not as much nutritions as a whole animal.




From what I gathered live or freshly killed fishes are ok but frozen fishes are not good in the long run. Something about Thiamine or thiamin.

Not only that First of for thouse that dont know thiamine its a enzime that bonds with vitamins of the complex B and degrades them, unabeling a animal that eats something that has it to absorve the B vitamins wich he needs. This causes the animal to became deficient in B vitamins , particulary biotine, wich is potencialy fatal. There´s more. First of this enzime greatly increases in frozen foods particulary fish and more if its oily. But also can be destroed or inacivated if we expose the desfrosted fish or mouse, rat ,etc to heat. That why its good to thaw feeders wich we are going to feed herps with, in water that is at least 80 F. We dont sufer the efects of this enzime because we cook food The other thing is that some foods are naturaly high on this enzime. One great example is gold fish, wich also gives credit to my theory that they are a very poor choise as feeders. Mosquitofish and minows are much healtier

 

[bloodydolts]

Insects should be the main diet, and mice should ONLY be used as a treat... The mice are high in fat, but still contain calcium that could be usefull.

 

[benzjamin13]

Well...finally tried mice. Don't worry...frozen mice. Takes a bit of work to defrost it, but looks like he can stuff in down and satisfy his appetite