HOW TO FEED YOUR PET SNAKE
January 3, 2009 by Pet Snake Hobbyist
Filed under Snake Pet Care
HOW TO FEED YOUR PET SNAKE
One key factor to raising snakes as pets is giving them the proper food to eat. Just like in any kind of animal, from mammals to reptiles, and all other living beings, food is a necessity. However, it should be the right food.
As for proper pet snake care, feeding is not very simple as merely tossing the food on the ground and waiting while the snake indulges on it. For snakes, it involves proper selection of food—whether it should be live or pre-killed up to what kind of food it would be.
The choice between live and pre-killed food should be carefully though of. Experts in pet snake care recommend giving the pet snake pre-killed food. This is more practical and more convenient especially for the owner. All he would need is just some good freezers wherein the food will be kept.
However, giving live animals as your snake’s food may prove to be a good decision as well. Most snakes are not trained to eat pre-killed animals, thus, they refuse to it. This, in turn, makes them very sensitive, moody and aggressive.
Worse, they may become sick and die. Further, since good pet snake care involves keeping its habitat clean, keeping live animals would only add up to the dirt and bad smell you have to scrub off. Likewise, you would be incurring additional expenses in order to maintain these live animals.
In feeding your pet snake, you should be careful to note the size of the prey. Feeding a large prey than proper would cause regurgitation.