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lorireptile
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Yeah, beardies will eat an occasional pinkie. But only as adults and usually only once or twice a month. What they really eat is a lot of collard greens, peas, carrots, mustard and turnip greens, and thousands of CRICKETS! They've even managed to learn how to project the words "Feed me CRICKETS" over and over into your mind using a strange reptile telepathy.
lorireptile
New member
maybe check out the monitor lizards. I think they're completely carnivorous????:eats02:
starwarsdad
Ye Olde Curmudgeon
Whether or not is healthy to feed pinkies to beardies is a topic that is hotly debated and probably not dealt with fully on a corn snake forum. Most of the well known breeders are getting away from that practice. There is evidence that suggests that pinkies can cause liver damage in dragons and are not able to be fully digested. I have 2 adult males that eat insects once a week (they ate silkworms daily as juveniles) and a turnip, collard, mustard green salad daily. This is salad is supplemented with Calcium w/ D3 daily and with a multivitamin weekly. I also throw in some fruit (mine love mango) or cactus fruit daily.
You might check out DragonTank from more info on bearded dragons.
Monitors are intelligent, wonderful captives, but most require specialized diets. Mice and rats just don't cut it. As with any new pet, research before you buy. Then research some more
You might check out DragonTank from more info on bearded dragons.
Monitors are intelligent, wonderful captives, but most require specialized diets. Mice and rats just don't cut it. As with any new pet, research before you buy. Then research some more
CAV
Dazed and Cornfused
I'd second the Bearded Dragon. They make great pets and very social and non-skiddish. My adults run around in the house. They are not mouse eaters, however.
If you want some bio-diversity but decide on another snake, kingsnakes and Brazilian Rainbow Boas have similar temperature and enclosure requirements. (Rainbows do require high humidity as juveniles)
If you want some bio-diversity but decide on another snake, kingsnakes and Brazilian Rainbow Boas have similar temperature and enclosure requirements. (Rainbows do require high humidity as juveniles)
Taceas
USW = UB313
Hrm. I would suggest another snake, or perhaps a...bird?
Just got me a new bird for my birthday, courtesy of my husband. It's a 6mo old Blue Quaker, no idea as to sex yet. Getting it DNA tested in a few weeks. But we're thinking of the name Smurf, due to his fascination at the Smurf theme song and show when it's on Boomerang.
As far as lizardy type of pets go, I've had leos and found them to be a hassle because of the crix issue. I spent $14 on 1k crix, that half of them ended up dying before I could use them. Sure they're cute and pretty to look at, but the whole crix thing was a downside. However with my roaches I could probably make a go of it again.
Anyway, I have a bearded dragon and mine isn't what I thought they'd be like at all. Mine won't let me pick him up, cept for when he's asleep and doesn't know it till he's downstairs. He bites and does the beard thing to try and scare me off. Which after being bit a few times, I am scared off. Bloody fingernails aren't my idea of fun. However my BD eats his lobster roaches that I raise, once you get a colony of those started up you're good to go. However, mine is like a human kid, he simply won't eat his veggies. The only thing I can get him to consume the entire bowl of is spinach or iceberg. Iceberg obviously isn't very nutritious, and spinich while high in vitamins and minerals also contains a chemical that can build up and be bad for the body if you feed too much. So I try not to use too much of it. He doesn't eat corn, carrots, peas, and we can't get "greens" here in our stores. Only in the summer time have I ever seen collard greens for sale. And soft exotic fruits? LOL we're lucky to get good quality apples and oranges at the store let alone mango, passionfruit, strawberries, etc.
If it were me, I'd get another type of snake. I find them a lot easier to take care of, as they only get fed once a week or so. That and they qualify as "mice eaters" as you wanted. I think kingsnakes are cool, and personally if I had the money I'd get myself an adult ball python, as I think the patterning on the normals is really neat. =P
Just got me a new bird for my birthday, courtesy of my husband. It's a 6mo old Blue Quaker, no idea as to sex yet. Getting it DNA tested in a few weeks. But we're thinking of the name Smurf, due to his fascination at the Smurf theme song and show when it's on Boomerang.
As far as lizardy type of pets go, I've had leos and found them to be a hassle because of the crix issue. I spent $14 on 1k crix, that half of them ended up dying before I could use them. Sure they're cute and pretty to look at, but the whole crix thing was a downside. However with my roaches I could probably make a go of it again.
Anyway, I have a bearded dragon and mine isn't what I thought they'd be like at all. Mine won't let me pick him up, cept for when he's asleep and doesn't know it till he's downstairs. He bites and does the beard thing to try and scare me off. Which after being bit a few times, I am scared off. Bloody fingernails aren't my idea of fun. However my BD eats his lobster roaches that I raise, once you get a colony of those started up you're good to go. However, mine is like a human kid, he simply won't eat his veggies. The only thing I can get him to consume the entire bowl of is spinach or iceberg. Iceberg obviously isn't very nutritious, and spinich while high in vitamins and minerals also contains a chemical that can build up and be bad for the body if you feed too much. So I try not to use too much of it. He doesn't eat corn, carrots, peas, and we can't get "greens" here in our stores. Only in the summer time have I ever seen collard greens for sale. And soft exotic fruits? LOL we're lucky to get good quality apples and oranges at the store let alone mango, passionfruit, strawberries, etc.
If it were me, I'd get another type of snake. I find them a lot easier to take care of, as they only get fed once a week or so. That and they qualify as "mice eaters" as you wanted. I think kingsnakes are cool, and personally if I had the money I'd get myself an adult ball python, as I think the patterning on the normals is really neat. =P
Amanda E
Snake Addict!
Very pretty quaker.
I had a lovebird for about a year, but couldn't keep up with the demands she needed, so a friend of mine now has her and she now gets tons of attention.
I found out I need undemanding species, which is where my snakes came into play.
I'm sure a lot of you agree with me here in that snakes are one of the easiest animals to care for.
My suggestion is to get another snake. If it was me, I'd get another corn snake or a Central American boa, like a Nicaraguan BCI.
I had a lovebird for about a year, but couldn't keep up with the demands she needed, so a friend of mine now has her and she now gets tons of attention.
I found out I need undemanding species, which is where my snakes came into play.
I'm sure a lot of you agree with me here in that snakes are one of the easiest animals to care for.
My suggestion is to get another snake. If it was me, I'd get another corn snake or a Central American boa, like a Nicaraguan BCI.
tyretosmom
New member
Birds are nice! But make sure none of your snakes get out!!!!! I used to have a umberalla cockatoo. I hand feed it from the day it was hatched. Very cool bird but very high maintance. Had to get ride of him when I had my son. It broke my heart, That bird was like my baby even slept in the bed with me, Till I got married. Hubby kicked him out! LOL