Chicken liver

[katach]

Ok do I was wanting an opinion from you all before I did anything. We ee over at my mom's house for diner tonight. She put a whole chicken on the rotisserie. As she was cleaning out the inside, she pulled out the liver and I thought of a post thread or post about organ meat. The chicken was a foster farm chicken that had been frozen for about 3 weeks. What are your thoughts about feeding the liver to my snakes. This would only be a treat not a permanent meal option.

[Didymus20X6]

I've fed Little Dude chicken meat before. She actually seemed to enjoy it. Liver, though, would definitely have a stronger odor and flavor, and probably the snakes would love it.

[guidofatherof5]

My snakes always enjoy turkey liver and gizzard aroud Thanksgiving time. Turkey heart also.
I do have a few snakes that won't eat it but for the most part it's enjoyed.
Don't see why chicken livert would be much different.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

My garters hVe had it before as the occasional treat. They love it! They eat the gizzards, the liver, the meat... And if you have bIg enough garters they love quail chicks too!

[RedSidedSPR]

Yum yum.

[katach]

I offered some to all the snakes, but only Willow and Blade ate some. They LOVED it! The rest really didn't, even the baby. That's ok though.

[Didymus20X6]

http://i51.tinypic.com/sc45kh.jpg

Did somebody say... CHICKS?

[katach]

:D

[Kantar]

Haha! I was watching that one day and my dad came in the room, the first line he heard from Johnny Bravo he instantly liked the show... "Wanna see me comb my hair, really fast?" haha too funny

[d_virginiana]

Mine both go crazy for mouse liver, so they're going to get some chicken liver this Thanksgiving!
Do they have to be frozen, or is there less risk of parasites since chickens and garters probably wouldn't share a parasite life cycle in the wild?

[katach]

That's a good question. I'm not sure though. I just know that the liver they ate had been frozen for a few weeks before my mom cooked the chicken

[Didymus20X6]

Freezing kills a lot of parasites, though it is recommended that they be frozen for a month.

[Mrs N1ntndo]

So basically I can take the gizard bag and goodies from inside the turkey out at thanksgiving and then put them back in the freezer and wait a month and then Im able to feed them to my snakes. How is it prepared? just defrost and cut and serve?

[Didymus20X6]

I would think if the turkey came from the store frozen, that's probably sufficient, no need for more freezing. Unless you want to chop up the goodies and refreeze them in portions.

[guidofatherof5]

So basically I can take the gizard bag and goodies from inside the turkey out at thanksgiving and then put them back in the freezer and wait a month and then Im able to feed them to my snakes. How is it prepared? just defrost and cut and serve?

All but the gizzard. I trim all the muscle tissue off of it so that all you're left with is the gizzard meat.
That I cut that into small pieces. It's a very tough/hard meat.

[kimbosaur]

Aw man! Our thanksgiving was last week!

[katach]

I just cut up the liver into bite size pieces. The 2 that ate it gobbled it right up!