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Cottonmouth eats dog food
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by KINGRIUS on March 21, 2005
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I guess the subject is a little misleading. I had a feeder mouse that I was keeping alive for a few days and I gave a small handful of dry dog food(Nutro Max- lamb and rice formula). I tossed the food in the small aquarium in the evening, and by the morning the little piglet had eaten all of the food. I couldn't believe it ate it all. After doing some routine cleaning on my cottonmouth's enclosure and returning him there, I noticed he was acting hungry. So I placed the stuffed mouse in the enclosure, and it could barely walk. It looked like a mouse on either end with a potato sack in between. Well the snake hit the mouse without a second thought and it made for the most nutritious meal he's had yet.
The end.
Thought I'd share that little story with ya'll.
Darius
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by Phobos on March 21, 2005
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Hi Darius:
I think I saw the move..."A Mouse Tail"
Actually this happens in this wild all the time but nice when it happens at home.
I will sometimes load the food item (mice, rat, quail or chick)up with extra things like vitamins or meds. Snake eaters like King Cobras, will get F/T snakes stuffed with extra goodies too.
Bet the little guy is growing like a weed..
Cheers!
Al
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by KINGRIUS on March 21, 2005
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Hey Al:
Yes, indeed he's growing fast. But the copperhead has outgrown him. He's downright monsterous. I've had to put the copperhead on a diet.
Take care.
Darius
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Eastern milksnake would literaly eat dog food.
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by MattHarris on March 21, 2005
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We had an eastern milk snake, that was such a ravenous feeder, that anything on the end of hemastats was considered a meal by him. He took several pieces of dog food at one feeding, and would even eat hot dogs.
They're purely habitual in captivity. I'm glad milk and king snakes don't reach python sized proportions, or they'd be much more dangerous than a burmese!
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