Would it be good for him and would he eat it?
2006-07-17 16:55:30 · 12 answers · asked by Z, unnecessary letter 5 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Your gopher snake isn't very likely to eat any type of fish, especially one that has been preserved in salt & oil. You'd probably have to force feed him , which is not good for a snake. If I were you , I'd skip the sea food and stick with rodents.
2006-07-19 07:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by preacher55 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A canned sardine would probably not be a good meal for your gopher snake, even if he was willing to eat it. Canned sardines are very high in salt and fish are not what gopher snakes normally eat. Also your snake needs the complete nutrition that only a whole animal provides. The internal organs along with flesh, bone, blood, and skin in a whole animal are an important part of his nutrition. Also, the hair or feathers of a whole animal do not digest completely, providing "dietary fiber" to help him to defecate more easily.
2006-07-17 18:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by longhairabsalom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes do not eat dog food. If you want a live pet/snake, then think about getting one that is local, a garter or gopher snake. That way you can release him if you find it's not your thing. You can feed snakes 'frozen' mice- you have to thaw them first. Each snake needs a different enviornment, and a good enviornemnt is costly. They need the right size home, the right things to hide and hunt in, the right humidity and the right kind of light- plus each snake as a temperature range that is important. Snakes do escape. Check out Reptile sites on the web, and research. A better starter reptile might be a bearded dragon. Often a good pet of a different kind is a guinea pig or a rat.
2016-03-26 22:17:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh, well I don't know how big gopher snakes are and I don't know all that much about snakes but if he's a large snake then I think he might like one sardine. :o)
So yes.
2006-07-17 17:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Alicia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most snakes like to eat their food when it's alive. So if you can somehow bring the sardine to life ...go for it. Small mice might be a better choice.
2006-07-17 16:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by blondeqtpie13 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All snakes require warm blood in their meal (at leats the ines I've had) a canned sardine will actually feed the snake, but it won't satisfy the snake by any means....
2006-07-17 16:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mar Yam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gopher snakes like Mice and Rats not fish .
They will eat baby Squirrels and Kittens and puppies.
What else do want to know>??
2006-07-25 04:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would stick to mammals and birds for the gopher snake
2006-07-17 17:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think snakes eat live preys.....and i don't know if it will eat tin cans......ahihihihi
2006-07-17 17:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by grayxenon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt if it will eat that! If so it will be fine!
2006-07-17 16:58:44 · answer #10 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋