An unfortunate situation

[kibakiba]

So, my mom told me today, the day we were going to pick up some worms and fish, that she lost 200 dollars while she was at the grocery store, and that we have absolutely nothing to feed the snakes with. I have 5 pinkies and about an ounce of fish. Is there anything (that is extremely low priced for food) that I could be feeding my snakes, that could also be charged on our food stamps card? We have eggs... But I don't want to feed them nothing but eggs for the rest of the month. We'll have a turkey, from a thanksgiving basket from our local church, so I can give them the other bits and pieces. I cant turn down the heat too much, because it gets to about 30 degreeds at night, and my heater will only go down to 70.


Also, Silver isn't looking too good anymore. He's been deteriorating in health since Speckles died. He's even smaller than Azul and hasn't eaten, caved in, but still drinking water. It's very sad to see him so... Miserable.

[guidofatherof5]

Chicken thighs are low in price. They are a pain to clean up but contain a lot of meat.
Prayers coming your way.

[kibakiba]

A pain to clean up is a heck of a lot better than my snakes starving to death. The babies like the egg at least, but they are pretty hungry. It'll have to hold them off until we can get to the store.

[Didymus20X6]

Not anymore, Steve. Ever since celebrity chefs started cooking with them (and that, probably to show their audience what they could do with cheap cuts of meat), chicken thighs have started to cost almost as much as skinless, boneless breasts.

What about winter? In my neck of the woods, it's that time of year when the snakes stop eating as much and start sleeping a lot more.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for the update.

[kibakiba]

We can check the prices, us washintonians always have lots of chicken in the stores... Haha. I do recall them being fairly cheap, but if boneless and skinless is cheaper, I might do that instead.

Would I cook it, if that's the case, or leave it raw? If I have to cook it, I may as well buy extra... I love chicken!

[kibakiba]

Oh and, my snakes haven't slowed down yet. My room is kept at 75-80 when possible, because my heater cant go any lower, and my snakes already know that I'll feed them whatever I can to keep them happy.

[Didymus20X6]

I've fed Little Dude raw chicken before. As long as it's not seasoned, it should be fine.

Another thing you could try might be giblets, gizzards, livers, etc. If you can find them cheaper, that might be an even better option. I've heard some people say their snakes love them.

[kibakiba]

We'll be giving those to the snakes, when we get the thanksgiving basket. Would I feed those raw, too, or let them cook a bit?

[katach]

Fred Meyer has chicken hearts for less than $2 for about 30 of them. I bet they would love those.