MBK & Sinaloan doing their jobs!

[Drizzt80]

Had some slugs laid today, so figured I'd recycle them. My Sinaloan did a mighty fine job last year slurping 'em down, so figured I'd give her a treat today! I thought that maybe my little MBK was juuuuuust big enough to take the smallest of the eggs . . .I really figured that he wouldn't have anything to do with it . . . was I wrong! He was loving the treat! Couldn't really tell that he even had it in him after he was done.

Thanks for looking,
D80
The Sinaloan slurped down 4:

The MBK only got one:

 

[Corny Noob]

I absolutly love the picture of MBK where he's turned towards you with the slug in his mouth like "what do you want? I'm busy!"

 

[Mrs InsaneOne]

That's kind of neat I guess.. I knew milks and kings ate other reptiles, but I never really gave much thought to them eating eggs. Do they appear to have any trouble digesting the leather-like shell of the slugs? And do all milks and kings eat them, or just certain ones? We have cali-kings, mex-mex's, and a nelsons... and I know we'll get a slug or two when our critters lay, and it'd be nice to be able to offer them up as food instead of tossing them in the trash.


Jenn

 

[Nanci]

Those are great pics! So, a corn would never do that?

Nanci

 

[Roy Munson]

Cool shots, Brent. I should have done this last year, but I didn't. I had some weird idea that this might give my kings a taste for eggs, and that they might eat their own eggs someday as a result.

 

[Drizzt80]

Do they appear to have any trouble digesting the leather-like shell of the slugs? And do all milks and kings eat them, or just certain ones? We have cali-kings, mex-mex's, and a nelsons...

Jenn, I just threw them in with the Sinaloan last year to see what would happen. That's about the best you could do! I would expect any one (or all) of them to enjoy it. As for digesting eggs, I have not noticed any differences in feces from that meal. I have noticed a definite difference in feces after a non-eating hatchling meal . . . "twig-like" would be an accurate description.

Cool shots, Brent. I should have done this last year, but I didn't. I had some weird idea that this might give my kings a taste for eggs, and that they might eat their own eggs someday as a result.

I'm not breeding them, so that's not really a concern of mine, BUT I am just a tad bit hesitant that they may choose to go off mice . . . The Sinaloan has proven not to be picky, but that's the first egg treat for the MBK. :shrugs:

I think personally, if I had lizard eggs, I'd shy away from using those.

Thanks for the questions and interest!
D80

 

[Mrs InsaneOne]

Thanks for the info Brent, We'll have to see what happens after our corns lay sometime here in the next couple of weeks.

Jenn

 

[dwyn127]

I'm not breeding them, so that's not really a concern of mine, BUT I am just a tad bit hesitant that they may choose to go off mice . . . The Sinaloan has proven not to be picky, but that's the first egg treat for the MBK. :shrugs:
D80

I personally prefer eggs with my bacon too.:grin01:

 

[Plissken]

That's pretty interesting. I've never really thought about colubrids eating eggs - sounds like a good way of getting rid of the eggs that won't hatch, though.

Beautiful snakes too!