i bought a hamster and it turned out to be pregnant and i have a ball python can i feed her the hamsters
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Yes, you can. Mice aren't the ball python's actual prey in the wild. They eat things more related to gerbils. A little variety won't do any harm.
-rolls eyes- And I already KNOW some people will be like: "OMG the poor little hamsters! What a monster you are!" Get a life, people. Rats are sold as prey for snakes and rats make a hell of a lot better pets than hamsters do! This is natural. Get over it.
yes its called the food chain!!
no are you crazy!!!! feed it little mice instead. hamsters are domestic pets that love people! if you dont want the hamsters give them to a pet store at least then some little girl will be getting a cute little hamster! animal abuser!
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wow i like how a guy who imprissons a wild animal like aball python is talking about "what they eat in the wild" and how natural it all is. get a life, quit caging exotics!
why are you feeding your python hamsters. that just ain't right, feed it mice insead
Yes you can, and I find it amusing that so many are offended by feeding a snake a hamster, and telling you to feed it mice instead, mice are smarter than hamsters, and are bred for pets as well, seriously people, what's the huge difference.
YES OF COURSE YOU CAN!! and all this people moaning of oh its so cruel etc, should grow up. my ball python loves hamsters
Ultimately, the answer is yes. Your snake won't get sick from eating a rodent that isn't a rat or mouse, and, if anything, your snake will benefit from the variety in nutrition.
To all the people who say feeding a snake hamsters or gerbils is ethically or morally "wrong," what about rats? what about mice? They make just as good a pet as any other rodent, and AS rodents (which are what hamsters are), they reproduce like crazy, so it's not like feeding hamsters to snakes is going to put them on the endangered species list.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
Take care :)
You can, but your ball python may get the taste of hamsters and later refuse mice. (in other words, you will probably get stuck feeding it hamsters for the rest of its life). I would, however, feed him a hamster at the first feeding, then a mouse at the next...kind of keep switching between the two.
Wow... Listen to all the Wanna Be Animal Activist... Now don't get me wrong... I love Hamsters just as much as the nextperson but I also have kept snakes and unfortunately when it comes to snakes then hamsters tend to be a food source. I have kept breeding rats and used their offspring for food. It is less expensive than buying pinkies or fuzzies at the Pet Store. When you keep multiple snakes then you have to be able to provide adequate food for them. Also I had a 3 Ft Monitor that would also eat rats. Anyway by all mens feed the hamsters to the snake...
Yes you can.Some people breed there own rats,hamsters,and etc. just to feed there snake.
Yes you can... In the wild snakes or most of them eat rodents. And hamsters and other things like gerbils are rodents.
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ReplyDeleteIf people tell you not to do you shouldn't(just kidding) there are different nutrients in hamsters and you don't even have feed it rodents just go to your nearest abortion clinic and they will let you take the aborted fetuses they will taste better
ReplyDeleteOMG HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE A MOUSE RAT OR HAMSTER LIKE COME ON IT IS NOT NICE TO JOKE ABOUT FEEDING THE ANIMALS TO THE SNAKE THINKING IT IS FUNNY AND STUFF LIKE GROW UP PEOPLE WHAT IF THE ANIMAL EAT YOU THEN LETS ALL LAUGH SAYING O LOOK THE GUY GOT EATEN FUNNY DO FROZEN AND IF THE SNAKE DOES NOT EAT IT THEN TRY TO HEAT IT UP OR SOMETHING TO MAKE THE SMELL COME OUT MORE SO HE WILL EAT IT STUPID MOTHER FUCKERS YOU ALL ARE.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I saved 2 baby animals from being snake food I saved a cute white mouse name angel and a brown gerbil name rolo I would never ever ever ever feed any animal to a animal.
every time i look at snake forums i always see the same thing about how it's wrong to feed a snake this or that, and yeah it's sad seeing cute rats, mice, hamsters, even rabbits meeting their fate, but the thing is is that snakes can NOT choose to be veg or vegan like we can. this is what they actually are born to eat. I'm a vegan and for animal rights, especially when it comes to snakes, and i own snakes, and eventually i will breed as well as raise them, and i've had to deal with the fact that snakes ARE going to eat whatever rodent you feed it. and as far as keeping snakes in captivity, i'm pretty sure if you could talk to a snake, a lot of them as well as dogs would choose to live in a nice, safe environment where they don't have to hunt on their own, worry about climate changes, cars hitting them, paranoid people shooting them, ect.. just like dogs would much rather have a whole house, back yard and everything and get love, baths, free food, ect. venomous snakes on the other hand i see a little differently. but bottom line, snakes can't be veg. accept the idea, or ignore it. -end rant :]
ReplyDeleteI just had to get that out there.