Thanks for your replies! This means I can round the thread up, got all the answers I need, I think. Again, thanks!
Snakes on pinkies.
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I don't recommend it unless you really, really know your surroundings... but my two snakes, at least in the summer, eat what the cats kill. Now, I say you have to know your surroundings because rodents could be poisoned, which isn't good for the snakes. But I live pretty much surrounded by cow pasture - no poison and no ferts because they don't want the cows to eat it either. Second summer both of my snakes are eating this way, and it's easier on the wallet.
And the snakes aren't picky (one corn, one king). Any type of rodent, headless rodents, a caught bat, a sparrow that got it's head ripped off... they've eaten them all and want more.
... wish the red-belly I caught last year was less picky, had to release it since it wouldn't eat.
And the snakes aren't picky (one corn, one king). Any type of rodent, headless rodents, a caught bat, a sparrow that got it's head ripped off... they've eaten them all and want more.
... wish the red-belly I caught last year was less picky, had to release it since it wouldn't eat.
oh jesus no.. ball pythons are a snake that are going to average out at 4'-6' pinkies are tiny balls of fat that offer little nutritional benefit! ball pythons from the egg for me eat live fuzzies then you just judge their meal size by the biggest point (girth) in their body. dont worry, they wont choke, all snakes jaws are made to unhinge to match the size of their body. Kenyan sand boas are on pinkies for the first year, then they move up to fuzzies and small hoppers within the 2nd & 3rd year (depending on how fast they are growing) you should NEVER EVER feed a ball python or a kenyan sand boa pinkies for life, if you try that you shouldnt own snakes in the first place. NEVER BE STINGY PAYING FOR SNAKE FOOD, cause you should've thought of all that the snake is actually going to require before you bought it. You can, however, try feeding frozen-thawed food for the ball python, but it still is going to have to be , hoppers, mice and eventually rats. kenyan sand boas, are going to have to do live though because they are a ground dwelling boa, they rely on the vibrations of thier prey on the surface, a frozen lifeless meal wont do that. Their eyesight is terrible, hence they use their incredible vibration senses to track down food. So for your ball python, you can try a frozen-thawed hopper, and your kenyan sand boa, im afraid your gonna have to stick with live.
Okay. Good to see the thread going on. For my area, there are no worries about seasons, it is warm all year round, save for the monsoon parts coming in the middle and end of the year. Despite this, the temps around are relatively warm and constant all year round.
So now..new question. Sand boa with live? Perhaps I should feed the sand boa outside and do a little tease feeding.
So now..new question. Sand boa with live? Perhaps I should feed the sand boa outside and do a little tease feeding.
kenyan sand boas WILL take F/T rodents. (this coming from someone who actually owns/keeps a KSB)
