Compnerd7
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In the last two days I have gotten 2 good sized Rattlesnakes ( 40in+ ). One was on the side of the road alive, as I ran to go grab it and save his life, but he struck at a passerby's tire right before I grabbed him... He was mortally wounded so when I got him home I put him out of his misery and skinned him. A beautiful Red Diamond Back. I hated to see such a beautiful snake go... But I also gutted, cleaned and kept the meat. Here is a pic before It was skinned:
The very next day I went to my brothers house and we saw a Rattlesnake on the side of the road, and of course, when I got out to grab him a car came and ran him right over , so I grabbed him, but he died fast. It was another big nice Northern Pacific Rattlesnake. I did the same thing with him.
Now, I am not a huge fan of Rattlesnake meat, I might eat half of one snake if I can get the seasoning right. But if I cooked it up, do you think that it would make a fine meal for a Tegu? I do personally don't see an issue with it.. Bacteria and Virus get killed at around 265 degrees, and IF some of their venom were to have ruptured in the head and leaked into the meat ( literally one billion to one odds of that ever happening ), Hemotoxon / Nerotoxin also break down into good proteins around 256 degrees. I know for a fact that one of the snakes Venom sacs both remained in tact, because I removed them from the head. The venom goes to pharmaceutics to make anti-venom, and this was way easier then milking the snakes I find. Please do not ask questions about permits and getting involved in selling snake venom, it requires A LOT of effort, and is a hard to get in to unless you know jump through a lot of hoops, and know the right people.
Anyways, I thought that snake meat ( cooked ) would be a good treat for a Tegu, because it contains lots of protein and little fat. Any comments on this?
One more " odd " food ltem...
I few months ago I took a good amount of Bullfrog / Green Frog / Leopard Frog tadpoles out of a local creek because they are a bad invasive species. Since then, I have given away the tad poles and I am stuck with 3 Bullfrogs, 1 is now a frog, the other 2 are still tadpoles. I Don't know what to do with these frogs (Hind site 20/20 I should have used them for fishing bait). Killing them just to be rid of them is not really an option with me. I have grown to like one of the Bullfrogs I named Jeremiah ( tacky name for a bullfrog I know ) and I am going to keep him, but the other 2 I was thinking of raising up myself in a controlled environment, and feeding them to my Tegu. IS there something Bullfrogs carry or are made of that would be harmful to a Tegu? My Tegu absolutely LOVES live food, but I no longer give him live mice because he gets bit sometimes and we all know that is the more ethical choice. I would prefer to give him the frogs live, I am sure he would kill them very fast, but I would gladly cater to people's feelings on live prey and execute the frogs quickly and serve raw or cook. Thoughts?
The very next day I went to my brothers house and we saw a Rattlesnake on the side of the road, and of course, when I got out to grab him a car came and ran him right over , so I grabbed him, but he died fast. It was another big nice Northern Pacific Rattlesnake. I did the same thing with him.
Now, I am not a huge fan of Rattlesnake meat, I might eat half of one snake if I can get the seasoning right. But if I cooked it up, do you think that it would make a fine meal for a Tegu? I do personally don't see an issue with it.. Bacteria and Virus get killed at around 265 degrees, and IF some of their venom were to have ruptured in the head and leaked into the meat ( literally one billion to one odds of that ever happening ), Hemotoxon / Nerotoxin also break down into good proteins around 256 degrees. I know for a fact that one of the snakes Venom sacs both remained in tact, because I removed them from the head. The venom goes to pharmaceutics to make anti-venom, and this was way easier then milking the snakes I find. Please do not ask questions about permits and getting involved in selling snake venom, it requires A LOT of effort, and is a hard to get in to unless you know jump through a lot of hoops, and know the right people.
Anyways, I thought that snake meat ( cooked ) would be a good treat for a Tegu, because it contains lots of protein and little fat. Any comments on this?
One more " odd " food ltem...
I few months ago I took a good amount of Bullfrog / Green Frog / Leopard Frog tadpoles out of a local creek because they are a bad invasive species. Since then, I have given away the tad poles and I am stuck with 3 Bullfrogs, 1 is now a frog, the other 2 are still tadpoles. I Don't know what to do with these frogs (Hind site 20/20 I should have used them for fishing bait). Killing them just to be rid of them is not really an option with me. I have grown to like one of the Bullfrogs I named Jeremiah ( tacky name for a bullfrog I know ) and I am going to keep him, but the other 2 I was thinking of raising up myself in a controlled environment, and feeding them to my Tegu. IS there something Bullfrogs carry or are made of that would be harmful to a Tegu? My Tegu absolutely LOVES live food, but I no longer give him live mice because he gets bit sometimes and we all know that is the more ethical choice. I would prefer to give him the frogs live, I am sure he would kill them very fast, but I would gladly cater to people's feelings on live prey and execute the frogs quickly and serve raw or cook. Thoughts?