Dont listen to what anybody says on this forum

[snakeman]

I got my own thread.cool.what provoked this was people constantly complaining about snakes having siezures.stop feeding your snakes fish from the supermarket!every week somebodys snake is dying.and no it isn't a brain eating amoeba.ridiculous.I don't care anybody buys my snakes.better off just putting them in the freezer if you're going to feed them talapia.I don't even eat that crap!farm raised fish is garbage.listen or don't listen.eventually it will bite you in the ***.

[infernalis]

I got my own thread.cool.what provoked this was people constantly complaining about snakes having siezures.stop feeding your snakes fish from the supermarket!every week somebodys snake is dying.and no it isn't a brain eating amoeba.ridiculous.I don't care anybody buys my snakes.better off just putting them in the freezer if you're going to feed them talapia.I don't even eat that crap!farm raised fish is garbage.listen or don't listen.eventually it will bite you in the ***.

I have been preaching that for some time now, but I don't condemn the whole forum for those who don't follow the advice.

[ConcinusMan]

I got my own thread.cool.what provoked this was people constantly complaining about snakes having siezures.stop feeding your snakes fish from the supermarket!every week somebodys snake is dying.and no it isn't a brain eating amoeba.ridiculous.I don't care anybody buys my snakes.better off just putting them in the freezer if you're going to feed them talapia.I don't even eat that crap!farm raised fish is garbage.listen or don't listen.eventually it will bite you in the ***.

Oh, I see now. Well, the only time I ever had snakes develop seizures was when I fed them wild coho for a period of time and it wasn't from the store. It was caught in the Lewis river. Never had a problem with tilapia or farmed salmon. Maybe we should just stop feeding them fish altogether huh?

I can't help thinking that was directed at me since I just recommended tilapia in a seizure thread. The fact is, you don't know what caused the seizure. The possibilities are endless. There's nothing in tilapia fillet, farmed or not, that could account for seizures. Wild fish, however have plenty of things in it that can cause it.

I find it quite disturbing that fish from the grocery store can cause problems for the snakes, but we're supposed to eat it? And I'm telling you that fish NOT from the grocery store isn't any better. Most of the time, it's worse than farmed.

[ConcinusMan]

Oh, I see now. Well, the only time I ever had snakes develop seizures was when I fed them wild coho for a period of time and it wasn't from the store. It was caught in the Lewis river.

And the Lewis river is in SW WA State. And look at this chart. Note the levels in WA Salmon compared to farmed. I won't be feeding any wild salmon to my snakes unless it comes from Alaska. Preferably, Copper River salmon.

List of Seafood Health Alerts - Seafood Selector - Environmental Defense Fund