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Thread: Can water pythons eat gold fish?

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02-Jun-04, 01:16 AM

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I can't see any problems if the snake takes the fish other than you may teach the animal only to take live food. The fish certainly won't be bad for him.
But water pythons are a bit of a misnomer, they don't live in the water and their prey of choice is rats. During the dry season they follow the rats and actually migrate away from water.
File snakes, however, live in water and are actually very uncomfortable out of water. And they feed exclusivly on fish. Your friend may be confusing to two species.

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