Fish Guts

[GarterGreen]

Today I caught my limit of brook trout. I know these trout are hatchery raised and they are extremely delicious. Last time I fished I tried giving my garter snake some of the fresh organs rather then the usual pinkie. I didn't feed her stomach or intestine though. She loved it!

This time I separated out the organs into feeding portions and froze them. Anyone else ever done this and know if it is safe? The body of water is less then a 2 mile walk from my house and this snake was wild caught, so I'm not overly worried about bacteria/parasites.

I figure it is fine as when a snake eats a fish they eat all of it, haha.

[Qwerty3159]

I can't really think of a reason to not do that, and you might as well use them instead of throw them away

[Jeff B]

The only drawback would be that feeding organs alone is not complete nutrition, but since you also feed pinkies that is not a concern, so i'm sure it is a relished treat for them. I catch a lot of crappie and walleye and have often thought of doing the same when cleaning fish. I also thought of feeding the crappie eggs during spawn, but to me it isn't worth the risk of adding a pathogen into my collection so I never have. Instead I let my box turtles have those treats, since they are kept outside with a pond that could have anything in the water that the fish would.