Marcia, question for you...

[Gregg M]

I ask you this because if anyone were to have this info it will be you...

Is there anything documented anywhere that feeding rodents to your leo can cause septic bowel??? Someone on a different forum is claiming this to be documented fact... They also claim there have been cases upon cases of pinkie mice bones puncturing the digestive tract of adult leos... LOL You would think that the hydrochloric acid in the stomaches of reptiles would make short work of infantile rodent bones... It has a Ph of what, like 2???

I do not agree with feeding rodents to leos but what I listed above are NOT the reasons I do not feed pinkies to my leos...

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I have not heard of anything like this, Gregg. I have been told that feeding pinkies can cause bowel upset because the pinkies are full of milk and leos are lactose intolerant.

 

[Gregg M]

Ok Thanks Marcia... Didnt realize the milk can cause upset in the bowel... It does make a bit if sence though... Most animals are intolerant to milk products including Gregg... LOL

Thanks again...

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

It actually does make sense. Since reptiles are not mammals, their GI ststem cannot deal with lactose. I would think though, that in the wild leopard geckos might come across rodents nests and plunder them by eating the babies. I dunno...

 

[Gregg M]

You would think it to be quite possible they would go through a nest if they came across one... In the wild they would be more opportunistic feeders than they would be specialized... One would think anyway... I think in captivity, there is not much need to force a pinkie down a leos throat but in a wild setting I am sure it can be beneficial if a leo ran across a few infantile rodents once in a blue...