Difference between revisions of "Snake Diet"

From WikiVet English
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(New page: {{unfinished}} The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animal feeds on in their natural environment. However the natural prey may not be available. The following is a guide f...)
(13 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{OpenPagesTop}}
+
{{unfinished}}
The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animals feed on in their natural environment.  However the natural prey may not be available.  The following is a guide for the diet of some types of snakes.
+
The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animal feeds on in their natural environment.  However the natural prey may not be available.  The following is a guide for the diet of some types of snakes.
 
+
<br>
* '''For information on the food composition of reptile diets, see''' [[Reptile Diet Composition]].
+
{|border="2" width="500px" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show"
<center>
+
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2" width="180px"|Species
{|border="2" width="600px" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show"
+
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Adults
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2" width="180px"|Family
+
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Juvenile
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Species
 
!bgcolor="#A7C1F2"|Adults
 
!bgcolor="#A7c1F2"|Juvenile
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Acrochordidae
 
!align="left"|Acrochordidae
|Elephant trunk snake
 
 
|fish
 
|fish
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Anomalepididae
 
|Blind snakes
 
|arthropods
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Boidae
 
|Burmese python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Carpet python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Diamond python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Reticulated python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Royal python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Blood python
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Rock python
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Green tree python
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Anaconda
 
|fish, mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Boa constrictor
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Dumeril's boa
 
|mammals, birds
 
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
!align="left"|
+
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Anomalipididae
|Tree boa
+
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|arthropods
|mammals, birds
+
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Solomon Island boa
 
|lizards, mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Rubber boa
 
|lizards, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Amazon boa
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Emerald boa
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Annulated tree boa
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Rainbow boa
 
|mammals, birds
 
|fish, amphibians
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Sand Boas
 
|mammals
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Rosy Boas
 
|mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Colubridae
 
|Ribbon Garter
 
|fish, amphibians, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Glossy
 
|lizards, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Hognose
 
|amphibians, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Indigo
 
|fish, mammals, birds
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Long-nosed
 
|lizards, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Madagascan hognose
 
|mammals, birds
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Milksnakes
 
|mammals
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Racers
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Ratsnakes
 
|mammals, birds
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Elapidae
 
|Most cobras
 
|mammals, birds
 
|
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|King cobra
 
|snakes, mammals
 
|
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Kraits
 
|mammals, birds
 
|
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Loxocemidae
 
|Mexican burrowing python
 
|mammals
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Uropeltidae
 
|Short-tail snakes
 
|arthropods
 
|
 
|-
 
!align="left"|Viperidae
 
|Cottonmouth
 
|fish, mammals, birds
 
|amphibians
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Rattlesnakes
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Calloselasma ''spp.''
 
|mammals, birds
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Bolthriechis ''spp.''
 
|mammals, birds
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Bothriopis ''spp.''
 
|mammals, birds
 
|amphibians, lizards
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Sawscale vipers
 
|arthropods, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Horned vipers
 
|lizards, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|Sand vipers
 
|lizards, mammals
 
| -
 
|-
 
!align="left"|
 
|''Atheris spp.''
 
|mammals, birds
 
|lizards
 
 
|-
 
|-
!align="left"|
+
!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Boidae
|''Bitis spp.''
+
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
|''Vipera spp,''
+
|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|
|lizards
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
</center>
 
 
 
{{Learning
 
|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=(od:(snakes)+OR+title:(snake))+AND+(subject:(diet)+OR+title:(diet)+OR+title:(feeding))&fq=sc:%22ve%22 Snake Feeding publications]
 
}}
 
 
 
{{review}}
 
 
{{OpenPages}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Snake_Husbandry]]
 

Revision as of 15:35, 2 March 2010



The best captive diets reflect what the free-living animal feeds on in their natural environment. However the natural prey may not be available. The following is a guide for the diet of some types of snakes.

Species Adults Juvenile
Acrochordidae fish
Anomalipididae arthropods
Boidae