Post by Rachel on Apr 3, 2014 13:31:15 GMT
Discussions about feeding frozen/thawed snake food (mice, rats, chicks and quail etc) pop up every so often in the community. Despite the "ick factor" I am like many others totally for it, LHCs are natural scavengers and this is a good way to cater for that. It also provides access to all the gooey, crunchy and other parts that humans consider unsavoury, crabs love these and it opens up a world of otherwise missed nutrition. Obviously it depends on the size of your colony but the less squeamish keepers could cut up the food and offer a chunk at a time to save waste, day old chicks are particularly economical to buy due to usually being the males from the meat/egg industry.
On feed day one of my snakes left a chick so rather than waste it I decided to throw it in with the violas. It started off in an old takeout tub but got dragged over to their favourite feeding spot (the original fresh water dish now abandoned due to a cave underneath) and swarmed. Yes, violascens often do have a bit more of a drive to eat meat type stuff than other species but most crabs will take advantage of this type of opportunity particularly at certain stages in their moult cycle. Unprocessed all natural meat like this is in my experience hugely favoured over even prepared organs and seafood. I was pleasantly surprised just how much of the fluff got eaten and will be trying natural feathers with them at a later date. The graphic pictures are hidden via spoiler tags, please do not view them if you are squeamish.
Oh and as you can see within a day of being cleaned the glass is still totally spotless and immaculate. Sigh.
After an hour in the tank
After a night in the tank.
On feed day one of my snakes left a chick so rather than waste it I decided to throw it in with the violas. It started off in an old takeout tub but got dragged over to their favourite feeding spot (the original fresh water dish now abandoned due to a cave underneath) and swarmed. Yes, violascens often do have a bit more of a drive to eat meat type stuff than other species but most crabs will take advantage of this type of opportunity particularly at certain stages in their moult cycle. Unprocessed all natural meat like this is in my experience hugely favoured over even prepared organs and seafood. I was pleasantly surprised just how much of the fluff got eaten and will be trying natural feathers with them at a later date. The graphic pictures are hidden via spoiler tags, please do not view them if you are squeamish.
Oh and as you can see within a day of being cleaned the glass is still totally spotless and immaculate. Sigh.
After an hour in the tank
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After a night in the tank.
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Hellooooo
