An adult will eat adult mice at each feeding, depending on the size of the snake. Remember it is always easier for a reptile to digest several smaller prey items rather that one large one. Frozen snake food generally refers to mice and rats; but rabbits, chicks, quail, frogs and fish are also sometimes fed to snakes.
Frozen rabbits, chicks and quail are often available from the same suppliers as their smaller cousins are, and can be thawed and presented in the same manner.
Frozen or live rodents used for pet food, also called feeder rodents, can carry germs that can make people sick. This can happen even if the rodent looks clean and healthy. Freezing does not kill these germs. Feeding a frozen or even part frozen rodent to a snake will kill it. After a while, the mouse will start to decompose and lose its nutritional value.
If the cage is too warm or too cool, he may refuse to eat his mouse. Second, some snakes eat much less during the winter months. Snakes may hesitate over food for other reasons as well. When dealing with frozen feeder mice, you need to avoid freezer burn.
Use the right freezer bags and remove all the air you can. Double bag to help prevent any moisture or additional issues. The average median body temperature for a mouse is As always, when in doubt, ask your vet, especially if you suspect your snake is ill or injured. The Zilla Rock Cave attaches to the glass side of the terrarium with suction cups to help stabilize it.
You can pick one up from Amazon by clicking here. Feeding your snakes frozen mice is much safer than giving them a live meal. Claws and teeth on prey animals like mice can damage your pet severely. Happy snake feeding. Cats are natural predators, and they know that the safest place to sleep is between your legs. If you're a cat owner, it's likely that at one time or another, you've awoken to find your furry friend There is a lot of dog owners that are worried about the skin on their dog.
They might feel that it is too moist and that the best solution would be to add some baby powder. Is this something that you What a load of BS!! Giggle, I was not being rude its just that its BS.
Where the problem is with fat and rodents is the feeding of large rodents gms plus as at that stage of thier lives they tend to put on fat stores as they arnt growing at the same rate as when they were juvenile to sub adult. If you had researched feeding needs of wild stimmies you would of found that they dont eat a lot of birds in general, they eat small lizards and other small mamals, frogs etc. I don't know why on earth you are arguing with my suggestion that he occasionally feeds quail : He cant feed his stimmie small lizards and frogs Thats my opinion only..
Dont listen to either beeman or me But as far as the defrosting goes, you shouldnt have any issues with my suggestions While I am a snake noob, I do have a lot of whole animal defrosting experience lol with bait for fishing etc.
And bait that falls apart straight up is no good at all. Mannsy all my antaresia get fed only on mice and have always been in perfect health , there is no real need to feed quail what so ever..
Also thaw your rodent in water and feed wet , gives them some water intake when they feed. As soon as you can get it off pinkies and it will start to grow much better for you. Looking at the pic it could easily be weaner mice. Giggle, Feeding the occasional bird isnt bad at all, Its your statment on rodents not being good feed is what i called bs! Oh btw Mannsy Im thinking they must grow a heap on that time I think even if he is a bit small snakes have a pretty good chance of catching up, they grow over such a long time.
Plus he is a stimmie so he will be an adorable midget forever anyway. I have some stimmis at 1 year of age that are bigger than some adults i have , they all grow at different rates Thanks Dicky, Finally some common sense. I think thats purely a misunderstanding : I didn't mean that they aren't a good staple. I was suggesting it would be better to break up the feedings with something like quail. I really didnt think someone would misunderstand that one but I guess I wasn't that clear. A great way to have some peace of mind that your mouse is completely thawed is to use a temp gun.
The average body temperature of a mouse is about Regurgitation is when your snake expels an undigested mouse. This can be caused by a number of things, such as the mouse being too cold or too big for your snake. Since snakes are cold-blooded, they need heat to digest their meals. This is very painful for your snake and can damage its insides, which in extreme cases can even cause death. Always make sure that your mouse is heated thoroughly before feeding it to your snake.
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Hello Mandi. I have been feeding my snake for 7 month live mice and since a month I try frozen mice.
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