Alternative Food Options

[Julie-anne]

i wouldn't feed wild caught mice (better safe than sorry) and i think the only prob with day old chicks is that the yolk tends to squish out everywhere when they are constricted... can get a bit messy :?

 

[Boxing_pelican]

Ive been feeding my MD day-olds for the past year and never once had the yolk squish out. He's healthy, and their really cheap. How could hormones effect a snake?

 

[Serpant_Lady]

um it could end up growing... bigger??

 

[waruikazi]

Ive been feeding my MD day-olds for the past year and never once had the yolk squish out. He's healthy, and their really cheap. How could hormones effect a snake?

From what i have heard is that the problems usually come during breeding. This has never happened to me because i do not feed day old chicks, but the hormones can cause females to slug out when they lay. ie. their clutches are infertile.