![]() ![]() You do not have to kill the prey yourself, as most pet stores will supply freshly killed or frozen rodents to feed. Snakes can be offered either thawed, previously frozen prey, or freshly killed ones. It is more humane for the prey and safer for the snake. Snakes should be trained to eat dead prey. Even a small mouse can bite and severely injure a pet snake by inducing a severe potentially life-threatening infection from the bite. Live prey should not be fed to snakes, as the prey will not only suffer psychological stress while being hunted by the snake, but also threaten to harm the snake by biting it before they are eaten. If you are squeamish about feeding rodents to your snake, even though they are now commercially available already dead and frozen, and all you have to do is thaw and offer them to the snake, a snake is probably not the pet for you! However, some people have an issue feeding whole prey to reptiles. Whole prey, such as mice and rats, are a complete and balanced diet for a snake. Since snakes eat entire prey whole, it is easier for their owners to feed them nutritionally complete diets and certainly prevents many of the dietary-related diseases commonly seen in other reptiles. Larger pet snakes also eat whole rabbits. The most popular pet snakes usually eat prey such as mice, rats, gerbils, and hamsters. Some eat warm-blooded prey (e.g., rodents, rabbits, birds), while others eat insects, amphibians (frogs or toads), eggs, other reptiles, fish, earthworms, or slugs. ![]()
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