Reptile Lover’s Thread!!

[FortCluck]

@FortCluck oh man I'm so sorry . That's exactly why I always recommend people only use dead (whether f/t or fresh-killed) or stunned prey with their reptiles. I know some people are all about the 'mental stimulation' from having to actively hunt prey, but there's plenty of ways to provide enrichment for a snake without putting it in physical danger.

@KDOGG331 No actually he's a senior citizen! Noodle's 15 years old, he's my oldest pet. He's just a small male cornsnake who can't take larger prey .

My snake was really aggressive too from having live mice. I don't even do live bugs for my beardie. He loves his freeze dried soldierworms and veggies/fruit.

 

[FortCluck]

I never realized that! But makes sense. But they’re so small I never figured it would be a problem. I figured maybe rats but not mice. Unless maybe the cuts and scratches could get infected?

Their teeth are insanely sharp! Ask my beagle she's been bit by field nice she kills in the house. They come in when we get lots of rain. She hunts them better than our indoor cat lol

 

[FortCluck]

They had some type of lizard I wanted... Razorback? Maybe that's not it, I already forgot feel like I'm a 100 year old trapped in a 32 year olds body. My memory is non existent

 

[ShrekDawg]

Their teeth are insanely sharp! Ask my beagle she's been bit by field nice she kills in the house. They come in when we get lots of rain. She hunts them better than our indoor cat lol

Oh wow that’s hilarious!! Lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

They had some type of lizard I wanted... Razorback? Maybe that's not it, I already forgot feel like I'm a 100 year old trapped in a 32 year olds body. My memory is non existent

mine too

 

[FortCluck]

Mice not nice

 

[ShrekDawg]

Mice not nice

I figured

 

[FortCluck]

We are setting up that fishtank for my beardie right now, he will be in the living room not the bedroom. His old tank was in our bedroom. I think he will like it more being out here with everyone.

 

[FortCluck]

They had hedgehogs, but they were sleeping. I wasn't super impressed with the store. It was smelly

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's also illegal in Australia to feed live mice and rats to snakes.

Huh, interesting. I know here, the pet stores usually try to discourage live feeding now. Even just in the last like 5, 10 years there’s been a big switch. They used to sell tons of feeders and also rats and never have any colored ones, only white/albino with the red eyes, and now most don’t carry rats and a lot of the mice are colorful now and they try to sell them more as pets rather than feeders now.