Cooked Egg Whites

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I am not sure about the eggs, but according to what I tried before none of my snakes accepted any cooked or processed food. However, I think if a snake accepts a food it wont hurt it. I have seen a lot of them staying weeks without food and just eating what they like or what they think is good for them.
Although I heard a lot about chicken it is the first time i hear about eggs, but what is the problem!!! I guess I will try that the next time I feed them. In fact I have a male Natrix tessellata that never rejected any type or quantity of food I ever offered him, so I guess he would be a great candidate for the test

wow, my natrix tesselata are picky picky pickyyy!!! I don't see how cooked egg whites would really do much harm... but what about the yolks?! I think the yolk is more nutritious? I do know this: snakes LOVE eggs. They won't eat the pasteurized ones because those no longer smell like eggs, but farm fresh eggs... they will gobble them up!!! My larger snakes absolutely adore fresh whole eggs!

[drache]

My larger snakes absolutely adore fresh whole eggs!

how do you feed them and which snakes eat them?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

how do you feed them and which snakes eat them?

My bigger snakes, such as my king rat snakes, my whitesided black rat snakes, and even my carpet python ate one once! They don't get them very often at all, just as a little treat when I can get them. They have to be fresh and non pasteurized so that they actually smell to the snakes like an egg. I have also fed dove eggs (the doves at work never stop laying) to my smaller corns and rats, I never tried them on the garters before... but I have little doubts they would turn them down. If I had a source of quail eggs nearby I would use them more often! To feed them an egg I simply balance it in my tongs (even the chicken eggs) and put it in front of the snake... and they open wide and gulp it down. By the next day the shell is already completely broken down and there's no lump. Eggs are nutritious, the shell is packed with calcium of course....and yes, farmers always complain about the foxes eating their chickens and the blacksnakes eating their eggs! It's almost impossible to blacksnake- proof a chicken coop ! they go in through the roof! Snakes definitely readily view eggs as a food source, and in the wild, a convenient one at that! Think about it, if a rat snake is cruising through the trees in search of nests, most of the birds that nest in trees are far too small to harm him! And if they tick him off enough, he will simply eat them too!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

YouTube - bird vs snake

in this video, a large green rat snake of some sort is found raiding a woodpecker's nest. He's most likely just eaten her eggs, or possibly her chicks! The bird just doesn't quit trying! When the snake first pops out it almost looks like he's got an egg in his throat, but it may just be him puffing air as well.

[guidofatherof5]

wow, my natrix tesselata are picky picky pickyyy!!! I don't see how cooked egg whites would really do much harm... but what about the yolks?! I think the yolk is more nutritious? I do know this: snakes LOVE eggs. They won't eat the pasteurized ones because those no longer smell like eggs, but farm fresh eggs... they will gobble them up!!! My larger snakes absolutely adore fresh whole eggs!

When I came up with this idea I was thinking solely about a good protein addition to their diet. I knew egg whites were high in protein.
Since it's the yolks that can cause problems for us people I thought I would keep them out of the mix. I think that's were most of the fat is stored.

[wadih]

wow, my natrix tesselata are picky picky pickyyy!!! I don't see how cooked egg whites would really do much harm... but what about the yolks?! I think the yolk is more nutritious? I do know this: snakes LOVE eggs. They won't eat the pasteurized ones because those no longer smell like eggs, but farm fresh eggs... they will gobble them up!!! My larger snakes absolutely adore fresh whole eggs!

First the natrix tesselata I mentioned earlier is a very strange one; he is always hungry and never misses a chance to consume any type of food. He is getting larger and larger by the day, imagine he is as big as his mother!!! So I always use him to try new and strange food types.

Regarding the fresh eggs you suggested, I always heard people living in the village telling stories about snakes attacking the chicken nets and stealing the eggs. Most of the times they find the snake stuck inside the cage since the eggs (or even the bird) inside the snake stomach prevents it from escaping. However, I never thought these snakes were garter or natrix. Just to cut the story short, I will buy some quail eggs from the supermarket tomorrow and try them with my snakes... I will feed you back with the results.