VERY odd observation! - Page 2

Zephyr · 05-10-2008, 11:10 AM

Hmm... Perhaps if they eat insects, would they need UVB to digest and process them? Like with green snakes?

ssssnakeluvr · 05-10-2008, 07:00 PM

UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.

Zephyr · 05-10-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr

UVB won't help them digest....as a young kid I force fed a garter some flies....came out the back end looking just like they did when they went in. I let them go after not knowing what to feed. Later I learned what to feed them. Then I got a few to keep.

How do green snakes process insects then?

ssssnakeluvr · 05-10-2008, 07:05 PM

they aren't garters.....

they are a different species...different species eat different things....

Zephyr · 05-10-2008, 07:12 PM

Obviously. XD
But it would seem odd that a snake adapted to so many environments, like the garter snake, wouldn't be able to digest such an easily found prey...

ssssnakeluvr · 05-10-2008, 07:14 PM

well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!

Zephyr · 05-10-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ssssnakeluvr

well, thats nature....there's something to eat almost everything out there!!

Hmm, well, we have no photos of them eating insects, but that doesn't mean they don't in the wild! *OR in my pen. :P*

05-10-2008, 11:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
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05-10-2008, 07:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
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