Anyone who has been here a while may recall me having no less than two incidents regarding the loss of snakes after eating (supposedly) tainted fish from the freezer section of Wal Mart.

The purpose of this thread is to alert members that it's not an issue with Wal Mart, nor any other store.

Pre-packaged frozen fish is all treated with a sodium compound preservative to keep it looking nice in the freezer.

Sodium tripolyphosphate although harmless to humans is NOT normally consumed by garter snakes.

Since I have made the decision to feed only certified chemical free organic fish to my snakes, I have not has a single loss due to feeding them cut up fish.

Look closely on the back of your fish fillet packaging, those Tilapia/salmon fillets are most likely treated with this chemical.

In my opinion / experience.. this stuff is far more deadly than Thiaminase.