Bird Eggs ?

[Spurticus]

I've read that some Corn Snake owners like to feed quail eggs to their snakes to add some variaty to the snake's diet. Anyone do this ? and if so, where is a good source to get quail or other type small bird eggs ?

 

[kel37211]

ive heard of a snake eating chicken eggs, not qual tho :shrugs:

 

[kel37211]

maybe they do, rodentpro sells them

 

[susang]

maybe they do, rodentpro sells them

Yes but rodent pro sells food for many types of reptiles not just cornsnakes. It is OK to vary their diet a bit once you know they are good eaters. I certainly wouldn't try offering other types of food if it is possible she is gravid. For a time before she lays eggs your snake may not eat. I guess I wouldn't chance a different diet right now if it were me.

 

[ghosthousecorns]

I've heard of people feeding quail chicks, but not quail eggs :shrugs:

 

[Spurticus]

Yes but rodent pro sells food for many types of reptiles not just cornsnakes. It is OK to vary their diet a bit once you know they are good eaters. I certainly wouldn't try offering other types of food if it is possible she is gravid. For a time before she lays eggs your snake may not eat. I guess I wouldn't chance a different diet right now if it were me.

Thanx
I wasn't going to change up right now. Just wondering for later on. Haven't seen a lot of this mentioned, just read it a few weeks ago in a care and rasing book for Corns.

BTW susang . . . . I just went to a local pet store here in Columbia and bought some of the moss you suggested to use in her Lay / hide box. My wife also has a large bag of Cypess Mulch that I'm going to use to line her tank with this evening. Thanx again for the suggestions

 

[susang]

No Cypress either stick to aspen, sphagnum moss, carefresh bedding, newspaper, the cotton you're using. One thing about aspen or carefresh when they poo, you just have to scoop up that spot, makes it easy to clean.

 

[Spurticus]

No Cypress either stick to aspen, sphagnum moss, carefresh bedding, newspaper, the cotton you're using. One thing about aspen or carefresh when they poo, you just have to scoop up that spot, makes it easy to clean.

Thanks again !

 

[Flagg]

You can get fertile quail eggs quite cheaply on Ebay and incubate your own. They start laying at about 7 weeks.

 

[Spurticus]

You can get fertile quail eggs quite cheaply on Ebay and incubate your own. They start laying at about 7 weeks.

Good Idea if you're going to fed them the chicks, but the book I read (Corn Snakes and other Rat Snakes ~ Bartlett & Bartlett) said to feed them the unfertilized eggs. Said you could find them in some specialty markets, and from hatcherys. They said that way you'd be sure to get the unfertilized one

 

[susang]

Good Idea if you're going to fed them the chicks, but the book I read (Corn Snakes and other Rat Snakes ~ Bartlett & Bartlett) said to feed them the unfertilized eggs. Said you could find them in some specialty markets, and from hatcherys. They said that way you'd be sure to get the unfertilized one

I'm not sure about the eggs, but it seems I read one of the experts on here say corns aren't made to be able to digest the shell or something. I do know there are a few people on her who feed cooked chicken and quail chicks. I guess I would worry they would like it more then mice and then you would be stuck feeding chicks.
Corn snakes can be pain-in-the-butt eater: like only wanting live (which is a problem when they are eating full grown mice), only eating fuzzies when they are adults. I have one that will eat rats, one that won't. Sometimes when they are really young they have to be coddled with lizard scent or live pinkies, but once on f/t it is easier.

 

[Spurticus]

I'm not sure about the eggs, but it seems I read one of the experts on here say corns aren't made to be able to digest the shell or something. I do know there are a few people on her who feed cooked chicken and quail chicks. I guess I would worry they would like it more then mice and then you would be stuck feeding chicks.
Corn snakes can be pain-in-the-butt eater: like only wanting live (which is a problem when they are eating full grown mice), only eating fuzzies when they are adults. I have one that will eat rats, one that won't. Sometimes when they are really young they have to be coddled with lizard scent or live pinkies, but once on f/t it is easier.

That was my biggest concern with keeping that wild snake to begin with. I figured being a wild caught snake, it wouldn't eat frozen the thawed mice, and I've have to buy the live mice or rats. . . . . This one had NO PROBLEM with thawed mice. In fact, the first time I fed it, I barely got it into the tank for him to smell and he struck at it, and almost took it out of my hand !!

Looking back at the way that thing drank and ate. . . I'm betting he was in pretty rough shape before we caught it.

 

[Pach]

I read in a book that you can feed chicken eggs... the first thing I thought was a de-shelled boiled egg (cut into little pieces for my little corns)! Apparantly you can feed them eggs once in a while as a treat but not as staple food. I haven't tried it yet cos I haven't found anymore info on it...

Aren't quail chicks suppose to give corns a 'colour boost' (only given once in a while)? I read that in the book as well! I could be wrong... I'm a work at the mo and the book's at home...