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28-Oct-07, 01:00 PM
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are chickens basically as good as quails? theres a pet shop next door to me that sells them for $1.5
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28-Oct-07, 01:04 PM
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no, quails are better than chickens, more protein, less fat, and from what I've been told the quail fats are better fats. And there's the whole chicken antibiotics thing, but I'm not sure that matters.
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28-Oct-07, 01:22 PM
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If someone in Sydney can pm me with a supplier it would be much appreciated thanks.
Wouldn't mind trying them. (Well not me personally....  )
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28-Oct-07, 02:35 PM
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ya if someone in S.A. knows where i could get some it would be great.
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28-Oct-07, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by thenothing  no, quails are better than chickens, more protein, less fat, and from what I've been told the quail fats are better fats. And there's the whole chicken antibiotics thing, but I'm not sure that matters. |
You'll find quail are fed a coccidiostat same as chickens.
I'm breeding my own, have over 100 eggs incubating right now in fact.
It seem to be a bit easier than breeding rats, although there's a bit of work involved in the quail first few days.
However I do have a few snakes that are refusing them so far, maybe they'll come good when it warms up.
Quail are also awesome on the BBQ, halve them, marinade them and cook them on the hot plate.
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28-Oct-07, 05:07 PM
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nice work magpie. i feed my snake a quail every now and then. i find that he doesn't strike at it, he just sort of goes up to it and eats it.
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28-Oct-07, 05:10 PM
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That's interesting Magpie, would coccidiostat affect reptiles?
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28-Oct-07, 05:11 PM
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It shouldn;t do, there is no withholding period on it.
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30-Oct-07, 02:52 PM
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Anyone in Sydney area breed button quails?
I need some in response to my own Wanted thread: WTB Female Button Quail
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30-Oct-07, 05:58 PM
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Okay for those of you that are put off feeding Quails to reptiles due to the feathers. I defrosted a quail today in luke warm water and whilst it was defrosting i plucked most of the feathers from it. Even ripped a little skin doing so. But never the less My olive python took the quails without hesitation. Maybe i might keep plucking the quails or only do it every now on then.
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30-Oct-07, 06:04 PM
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wats wrong with feathers?? snakes in the wild would eat em, it would just go straight thro like fibre in humans
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30-Oct-07, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by RevDaniel I feed most of my snakes quails. My adult male diamond python still only likes to eat rats though. I get the quails cheaper than rats. Quails are so much better for snake than rats are.
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Hi Daniel,
How often do you get them from Sydney. Are they alive or frozen when you get them ?
Cheers.
David.
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30-Oct-07, 08:23 PM
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Hi Dave. My friend brings them down to me. Will send you a pm with his number so you can place an order if you like. Cheers
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30-Oct-07, 09:16 PM
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I have bred alot of my own king quails and find that i loose a lot in the first few days. Anyone else have this problem.??
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30-Oct-07, 09:25 PM
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Sorry forgot to write that the quails are frozen. Feathers take longer to digest
Depending on the type of chicken you are talking about feeding to your snake is determined by the benefits of the meal. Unless you are feeding a meat chicken you will find that most chickens are rather hollow {skin and bone with little muscle} so it is nearly a waste of time for the snake to go to all the effort of eating it as it will be hungry soon a day or so later. Just like feeding mice instead of rats. A rat will fill the snake up for longer than the mouse will, the rat will allow the snake to grow faster and to not be hungry quite as much as a snake fed on mice will be. Same with quails. Instead of feeding4 adult rats to a snake, one or possibly two adult quails will be sufficient for them.
When your snakes shed their skin's you will be blown away as your snake will almost look as if it is glowing. this is due to the oils in the quails.
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Last edited by RevDaniel; 30-Oct-07 at 09:41 PM.
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