Fish Jello

[katach]

Ok, so I've seen several places online that have talked about a fish jello. Has anyone used this, and what did you think about it? If your garters liked it, do you have a recipe with inexpensive ingredients? Thanks!

[guidofatherof5]

I believe Shannon(aSnakeLovinBabe) used it and had a recipe.

Found this thread:
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/4881-fish-gelatin-total-success.html

[Plissken]

Is fish jello any safer than using just fish? Or are all the parasite threats still there?

[katach]

From what I've read, the jello gets frozen and that eliminates the parasite risk. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[guidofatherof5]

Length of time and the temp. it is stored at seem to determine whether all parasites are killed.
Longer, colder temps are best.
Here's a link to an article I found:
Of course this article only talks about nemotodes.
Seafood Network Information Center (http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/pubs/nematodes.htm)

[katach]

Thanks Steve!

[ssssnakeluvr]

there were some issues....some one in Canada had problems with it.... I made trout and salmon jello. it worked ok for me.... I just use chopped trout... found a great source for it here =)

[charles parenteau]

Yes I had problem with it and a good friend of mine too if you do it dont give jellow exclusively its better to mixt food!!!

[ssssnakeluvr]

I thought it was you Charles... couldn't remember for sure. I don't even use it at all now

[Spankenstyne]

I used it for a couple of years as well & it worked great. I stopped when I found out that my snakes would take the fish with vitamins without needing to make the jell-o. Makes it much easier, the jell-o can be quite messy to make. Essentially it's just an easy method to administer their vitamins, but if they'll eat the dusted fish without having to make the jell-o it's much easier.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Alan Francis has the recipe on his website. It looks like a good idea but i have never tried it. I bet you could add some pinkys and worms to the mixture and use an old blender to mix up and you would have the perfect staple diet for them. I'm just worried about the effect the gelatin would have on the snakes.

[guidofatherof5]

Don't think you be seeing Emeril Lagasse fixing any of this up on his show.:D

[jitami]

I made one batch and the two of mine who will eat fish fillet ate it fine. Like others have said, there's not a huge advantage in feeding it and it's a bit of a pain to make when you can just slice up some fish and dust when needed. I haven't made another batch since, but it was a fun experiment :)

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Don't think you be seeing Emeril Lagasse fixing any of this up on his show.:D

(1) You put some fish fillet in a blender.
(2) Next you add 6 or 7 pinkys.
(3) Then you can add some canadian night crawlers and vitamins.
(4) Next blend until liquid form
(5) Then Throw in some gelatin and pour in to ice trays and stick in the freezer and BAMMMM you have a tasty forzen treat.:D

[snakehill]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM...............................!!!!! !!:eek:

[flickerfriend]

That sounds 'Delicious' :p

[charles parenteau]

Many times I saw like gelatin bean stuck in my garter snake cloaca ,the snake was unable to defecate so I pull the plug out and after the snake was fine....
If you use jellow mix it with worms,frogs etc ....I don't think its good to feed garter snake exclusively on fish Jellow

[katach]

So will it work without the gelatin if I just freeze it? I like the idea of putting in the pinkies and the worms. That sounds like it would be a good way to get all the nutrition they need. Any other thoughts? I am kind of one of those people that likes to get LOTS of info before I try something.

[guidofatherof5]

I think the gelatin is just to hold it all together. Without it you end up with a big mess I'm guessing.

[Sonya610]

So will it work without the gelatin if I just freeze it? I like the idea of putting in the pinkies and the worms. That sounds like it would be a good way to get all the nutrition they need. Any other thoughts? I am kind of one of those people that likes to get LOTS of info before I try something.

Without the gelatin it will be a pinky/worm/fish smoothie. Think you can get your snakes to use a straw?

Other option would just be to chop up all of those ingredients into bite sized pieces and freeze them together in easy portions, but don't put them in a blender....eck.

[flickerfriend]

(1) You put some fish fillet in a blender.
(2) Next you add 6 or 7 pinkys.
(3) Then you can add some canadian night crawlers and vitamins.
(4) Add 3 or 4 medium to large size slugs
(5) Next blend until it is a nice, creamy texture
(6) Then Throw in some gelatin and pour in to ice trays and stick in the freezer and BAMMMM you have a tasty forzen treat.:D

Sorry. had to improve it a bit :D

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Yum those slugs give it perfect texture.

[flickerfriend]

heres the recipe for the topping!
(1) 1 teaspoon of slug juice (for flavor&texture)
(2) A teaspoon of Fish juice (remove by over-squeezing)
(3) 1 teaspoon of (VERY) finely cut worm
(4) blend together until the texture is syrupy (you may need to add more slug juice.)
(5) Serve on top of the SnakeFood Jello!
:D

[Mommy2many]

OK, someone remind me not to eat while browsing through these threads:eek:

[Didymus20X6]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50254_6847963739_3882985_n.jpg

[Mommy2many]

Didn't he do Jello too? Or was it Jello pudding???

[Didymus20X6]

He did a lot of Jello products. I just couldn't find a pic of him eating regular Jello.