I was reading some articles the other day regarding the use of faecal cultures in humans to restore gastrointestinal flora that are eliminated after antibiotic use and also as a potential method of controlling some multi-drug resistance bacteria and it started me thinkig about the gastointestinal flora and gut health of my snakes.
Given that my snakes were raised in relatively pristine conditions and fed food raised in relatively pristine conditions what is the status of their gastrointestinal flora relative to a wild snake and, if there is a difference (likely), does this impact on the long-term health of the snake.
Secondly, if gastrointestinal flora is leas than optimal, is there something that could be injected into their food that could contribute to rectifying this.
Thanks for any informed commentary or pointing to other references.
Given that my snakes were raised in relatively pristine conditions and fed food raised in relatively pristine conditions what is the status of their gastrointestinal flora relative to a wild snake and, if there is a difference (likely), does this impact on the long-term health of the snake.
Secondly, if gastrointestinal flora is leas than optimal, is there something that could be injected into their food that could contribute to rectifying this.
Thanks for any informed commentary or pointing to other references.