Why do you stay away from rodents?

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Posted by Crochuntermyhero on May 11, 2003 at 16:03:21:

In Reply to: Why do you stay away from rodents? posted by ra_tzu on May 11, 2003 at 15:54:26:

i don't nessecarily stay away from rodetns i just don't base thier entire diet upon them. It takes alot for them to digest it which in turn causes lethargy and obesity both of my monitors do get rodents, i feed them smaller rodents than expected because its easier to digest smaller objects , my big female can easily take a medium sized rat but she's on 5 adult mice a week plus various suppliements
don't get me wrong i'm not talking down on rodetns i just want to give my monitor's as much variety as possible

:I have a 5 month old Whitethroat that eats 1- 2 mice a day.Along with dusted crickets ,worms, cockroaches every two or three days and he looks pretty healthy to me. Just wondering, why the emphasis on staying away from rodents?

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::Nice big crickets should take up 80 percent of the diet
::suppliment it with turkey or chicken deli meats ( stay away from ham and beef)
::wax worms are high in fat and work well to beef someone up,
::you can try pinkies as a last resort but however the deli meat is gonna do the same thing and be healthier for him
::just don't get them stricktly on the meats because it gives them the runs ( found that out the hard way with my 3 and a half foot female..talk about poo everywhere)

::the canned monitor diets (zu preem, not zoo med's) work well sparingly, and you can also try low fat high protien canned dog or cat foods once again, sparingly i;'d reccomend this feeding schedule

::feed every other day
::one feeding crickets the next a supplimented diet, the next crickets on and on and so forth
::it's best to keep monitor's a bit hungry than it is to gourge them with food. I'm not saying starve them,. if you feed them every other day you'll be fine, my male i got as a hatchling a little over a year ago and he's 27 inches now, and thats on the exact diet i just mentioned
::hope this helps

::James

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