Chicken bits as food?

[ProXimuS]

I never thought of it like that....I really wouldn't know about that. But I do know that it is high in iron.

[d_virginiana]

I figure if Steve feeds it as often as he does, with as many snakes as he has, he'd have noticed problems by now if it was harmful

[ConcinusMan]

Sounds like my snakes will be getting a lot of chicken heart and liver.

I imagine those organs from turkey would be just fine too.

As far as butcher "scraps" go, I don't know. Depends on what it is. I only feed quality organs and lean muscle, (Liver, heart, thigh meat) avoiding fatty parts such as the skin.

I figure if Steve feeds it as often as he does, with as many snakes as he has, he'd have noticed problems by now if it was harmful

The only thing I've noticed is happy, healthy, fast-growing snakes.

[tress29]

Ooh, forgot I have chicken livers in the freezer from when we had the ferrets... I can only get chicken hearts in a pack with gizzards. What about beef heart, I got chunks of that in the freezer?

[-MARWOLAETH-]

What is gizzards?

[guidofatherof5]

My concern with beef or chicken for that matter might be growth hormones or antibiotic used.

I'm picking up a couple pounds of turkey heart today. My snakes will be happy about that.

[ConcinusMan]

My concern with beef or chicken for that matter might be growth hormones or antibiotic used.

There is plenty of chicken that doesn't use either (at least that's what they claim) and those brands make it a point to make sure you know they don't.

[guidofatherof5]

Called the butcher shop this morning. The guy tells me he has 2 lbs of turkey heart available. That's a good amount and can go along way to feeding some hungry monsters.
Later in the morning I drove over to pick them up. They had 4 turkey hearts. Not 2 lbs. That wasn't even enough to feed my concinnus group of females. Shyblue was first to get some heart and came back for seconds and thirds.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

For Biology we are going to have to buy some lamb heart for dissection. I was wondering if I could feed some lamb heart to my snake. They'd be great to feed as they'r really cheap and nutritious.

[ConcinusMan]

Hmm.. I don't know. I stick to poultry. They do eat birds as part of their natural diet. I'm pretty sure cows and sheep aren't on the menu and I'm pretty sure it takes antibiotics and hormones to raise cows and sheep on a modern commercial farm. Still, I'm skeptical that it makes any difference. I don't check that and don't care when feeding chicken/turkey parts. I only care that there is no additives and try to choose "all natural, no hormones" etc. if I can.

I'm just not sure about feeding them beef and sheep, lamb, whatever. I just thought that it can't possibly hurt to feed them bird organs.