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Posted by daveboyle on September 02, 2002 at 11:08:17:
I bring this question to the indigo forum because it is apparent that you guys have some good discussions and often successfully buck conventional wisdom.
I have several Pituophis that refuse to feed on everything except for day old chicks, which they really go after. This has gone on for a while and the snakes look great and are doing well.
Even the feces are not bad.
This got me thinking about conventional wisdom which is that chicks don't have enough bone to provide calcium for snakes. Is "C.W." correct?
From what I understand, calcium is present in bones but also in the bloodstream, muscle and in the nervous system. A chick needs all these systems and the corresponding calcium to make them work, even just to hatch.
How do reptiles that live predominately on a diet of eggs ( the precursor to chicks, in some circles)such as the genus Dasypeltis, or Gila monsters manage to survive/thrive on this diet?
Anyone know the pathway through which particular calcium ions go to form bone and are these particular ions present in chicks to be utilized by reptiles to form bone?
Are rodent breeders conspiring to supress chicks as reptile health food? Is the truth out there?
-Looking for a few good answers...
Thanks,
Dave
