T-REC LIBRARY : SEKILAS TENTANG MAKANAN/PAKAN/FEEDING DARI ULAR CANDOIA ASPERA-MONO TANAH
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http://www.ruddockreptiles.com/care_sheets/viper_boa_care_sheet.html
Feeding: Viper boas yang paling mudah untuk makan tikus dari keluarga Candoia . Setelah di impor atau akuisisi, mereka mungkin enggan makan untuk sementara waktu, tetapi tidak perlu kawatir kehilangan berat badan mereka. Ular-ular kecil memiliki metabolisme yang lambat sehingga mereka tidak perlu makan sangat sering sekali. Saya pernah mendengar tentang Aspera tanpa makan hingga 9 bulan dan kesehatan mereka baik-baik saja. Seekor ular berukuran penuh akan makan tikus besar atau anak tikus, meskipun mereka lebih suka gerakan lambat dari anak tikus. Juvenile Aspera bisa makan setiap 7-10 hari dan dewasa biasanya dapat diberi makan satu tikus dewasa setiap 2-3 minggu. Pastikan Anda mengawasi tingkat obesitas karena ini adalah penyakit yang mengganggu hingga ular bergerak lambat . JIKA ular ini sedikit keras kepala tidak memakan tikus, mangsa alami mereka mungkin kadal atau katak.
teks asli :
Feeding:
Viper boas are the most willing to eat rodents of the entire Candoia family.
After importation or acquisition, they may be reluctant to eat for a while, but
unless they are losing weight no worry is necessary. These little snakes have
such a slow metabolism that they don’t need to eat very often at all. I’ve
heard of Aspera lasting up to 9 months without eating and maintaining their
health just fine. A full sized snake will eat a large mouse or rat pups,
although they prefer the slow-moving rat pups. I, personally, have 3 imported
snakes that I have not been able to move to F/T but I haven’t experienced any
bad feedings so far and I monitor them very carefully when the mice are in
their feeding enclosure. Juvenile Aspera can eat every 7-10 days and full grown
adults can usually be fed one good sized mouse every 2-3 weeks. Just make sure
you keep an eye out for obesity because this is a disease that plagues these
slow-moving snakes. IF these stubborn little snakes won’t take a mouse, their
natural prey is probably much more likely to be lizards or frogs. Try scenting
with a lizard, and if that doesn’t work and the snake is in dire need of
feeding, try feeding the lizard or a frog to the starving bugger.
T-REC SEMARANG.....KOMUNITAS REPTIL DAN BINATANG EKSOTIK DI SEMARANG
