Reptile food

[andynic07]

I was speaking to a lady at the reptile expo today that feeds her blackheaded pythons fish , rats and quail because the fish and quail are low fat content. I have a woma and I am worried about fatty liver disease later in his life and was wondering if anybody has given their woma fish before.

 

[saximus]

Just don't feed extra large rats and you'll be fine. Keep them under 250g and don't feed too often. Fish isn't necessary. They don't get it in the wild

 

[someday]

im curious on this fish with bhp what type of fish do they feed and how do they do it because i like to keep my bhp on a mix of foods i give him rats for main and every now and then ill throw in a quail but his only a baby at the moment 4months old.. and he gets what my olive doesn't eat trying to switch him to rat but wont get on them..

 

[andynic07]

im curious on this fish with bhp what type of fish do they feed and how do they do it because i like to keep my bhp on a mix of foods i give him rats for main and every now and then ill throw in a quail but his only a baby at the moment 4months old.. and he gets what my olive doesn't eat trying to switch him to rat but wont get on them..

She is a breeder from Ipswich and she said that she usually buys poddy mullet or small whiting and feeds as usual. I would be a bit worried about the fish going down the wrong way and causing damage but she has had no problems.

 

[leamos]

I agree with Saximus, no need to feed fish, just feed several smaller,leaner rats instead of a fatty large or XL rat. One word of curious with feeding them fish, I used to give my female childreni the occasional mullet when I was low on cash and for some variety, if you think day old chicks smell bad on the way out, you're in for a sensory experience hahaha

 

[Kitarsha]

My BHP's have stinkier poo on day old chicks then they do on fish - actually they don't poo all that much after a fish feed,