Pugets on Kingsnake (No, not Bob! lol) - Page 3

sschind · 11-10-2007, 05:12 PM

Thanks James, that was the list i was looking for. On page 65 it says smelt are OK but in 64 it says they are not. Upon further review I see two different species. My guess is its the freshwater smelt and not the pond smelt that people catch by the tons around the Great Lakes. Oh well, I'll keep looking I guess.

One thing that caught my attention. I thought that rosie reds were just a color variation of the fathead minnow. If that's the case they are listed as containing thiaminase. It seems that lots of people on here use rosies.

drache · 11-11-2007, 04:05 AM

I knew that rosies have some thiaminase
I always thought it was less than in goldfish
but I've also tried to get my snakes switched asap
I like it better when my shop gets the brown minnows
is this just my assumption, or is there any truth th the idea that the red/orange colouring is related somehow to the thiaminase?

11-10-2007, 05:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
sschind Juvenile snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SE Wisconsin Posts: 185 Country:	Re: Pugets on Kingsnake (No, not Bob! lol) Thanks James, that was the list i was looking for. On page 65 it says smelt are OK but in 64 it says they are not. Upon further review I see two different species. My guess is its the freshwater smelt and not the pond smelt that people catch by the tons around the Great Lakes. Oh well, I'll keep looking I guess. One thing that caught my attention. I thought that rosie reds were just a color variation of the fathead minnow. If that's the case they are listed as containing thiaminase. It seems that lots of people on here use rosies.

11-11-2007, 04:05 AM	#22 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,219 Country:	Re: Pugets on Kingsnake (No, not Bob! lol) I knew that rosies have some thiaminase I always thought it was less than in goldfish but I've also tried to get my snakes switched asap I like it better when my shop gets the brown minnows is this just my assumption, or is there any truth th the idea that the red/orange colouring is related somehow to the thiaminase? __________________ rhea

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