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04-Apr-07, 01:51 PM
|  | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | | Not sure whether it applies to rabbits but I've heard that pinky anything has a substantially lower calcium content as the bones haven't fully formed. Just a thought |
04-Apr-07, 02:00 PM
| | Sponsor | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Newcastle | | | | Calcium is easy to supplement but should be necessary if pinkies are fed for a few monthes. Just think of the wild. Snakes dont leave pinkies because they might be deficient in calcium. It all wevens out in the wash. |
04-Apr-07, 02:01 PM
| | Sponsor | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: Newcastle | | | | Typo- It should NOT be necessary |
04-Apr-07, 03:04 PM
| | | | Yes i have heard of something similar to this, but it was concerning feeding guinea pigs and large rabbits to bigger snakes. The person suggested shaving the food items because a build up of fur could occur as the fur is indigestable. Your vet is not an idiot. |
04-Apr-07, 03:12 PM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | Interesting Wokka, so it looks like it does happen....well one case so far.... thats where supplementing the herps diet with other food items such as quails and 100gm rabbits occasionally benefits the herp in clearing the gut as well as nutrition. Nice one.
Goodo Tom...both introduced animals. Interesting.
anybody else?
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04-Apr-07, 04:09 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 33  | | | | Also remember that in certain isolated areas some individuals of a given species MAY spend most of the year feeding exclusively on the introduced rat, which does have co-a-r-s-e hair. As long as fresh water is always accessible then constipation is more easily avoided.
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04-Apr-07, 04:25 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 28 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by medlock86  he told me they were full of protein as they eat the yolk out of the egg then get frozen not long after. i give em to my bredli for a few weeks in a row every 3/4 months i guess. | so can you feed your snakes eggs?
not as a main meal sort of thing, but as a source of protein? |
04-Apr-07, 04:46 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | Minusone yes you can. Medlock was refering to chicks though.
Please lets keep this thread on track for a change yeah?
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04-Apr-07, 04:51 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | [quote=centralian11;793259 Don't let any body convince you that rats cause fur balls . They are pythons natural food and i adult rat would not have as much fur as 8 mice........ Barry.[/quote]
Ummm.....Barry.........Rattus rattus (feeder rats) are an introduced pest into Australia.
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04-Apr-07, 04:53 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: sunshine coast QLD | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Earthling Ummm.....Barry.........Rattus rattus (feeder rats) are an introduced pest into Australia. | there are native species of rat in australia |
04-Apr-07, 06:15 PM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/house_mouse.htm
Common house mouse: soft fur.
Anybody else with experience regarding rat fur causing intestinal blockages in their Herps?
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