The Results of Power Feeding....

Posted by hoodedserpant on May 12, 2003 at 17:12:42:

I have been breeding snakes quite some time now and I know the bigger the female the more eggs you are likly to get. To get the female bigger a lot of people "power feed" them. Personally I do not "power feed" any of my animals as I think it is unhealthy to do so. That is just my opinion. I also did some research on this subject and found out that many snakes that are power fed dont live near as long as a snake that is feed a normal size meal every 7-10 days. I was wondering if anyone else has heard anything about the snakes not living a long. Just thought this would be a good topic to discuss because personally I know people that do power feed there reptiles and I just wanted to see what people had to say about this.

Eric

Follow Ups:

• There are no obese snakes in the wild.... jfmoore 05/13/03 (1)
  • There are no obese snakes in the wild.... croc 2-3 05/13/03 (0)
• Perhaps all captives are powerfed Chris Carmichael 05/13/03 (2)
  • Perhaps all captives are powerfed hoodedserpant 05/13/03 (1)
    • Thank you Chris, Eric I don't think that was directed@u. np Netti 05/16/03 (0)
• I've heard of this...... UrgentMike 05/12/03 (2)
  • I hate to get drawn itno this,.. but,... BrianSmith 05/13/03 (1)
    • Good points....... UrgentMike 05/13/03 (0)
• I hate fat....... McNasty78 05/12/03 (4)
  • I hate fat....... Netti 05/12/03 (3)
    • Maybe you should read the original post again McNasty78 05/12/03 (2)
      • Maybe you should read the original post again hoodedserpant 05/13/03 (1)
        • Maybe you should read the original post again Netti 05/16/03 (0)

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