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 #690011


Draco92
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 Can corn snakes drink milk??

I have heard that corn snakes(rat snakes) can drink milk and that it is a treat for them. Is is safe, I would guess it would be healthy since milk has calcium and vit.d which it two things reptiles need.
03/13/06  01:28pm

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ILoveGreen
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   Message To: Draco92   In reference to Message Id: 690011


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Ive heard of a Milk snake! But i have never heard of a corn snake dringing anything but water.........or mouse insides haha. Lisa
03/13/06  01:53pm

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Lozzer
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   Message To: ILoveGreen   In reference to Message Id: 690036


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Their system can’t deal with milk it would do more harm that good.
Do some research please.



03/13/06  02:23pm

 #690172


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Lozzer   In reference to Message Id: 690069


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Even milk snakes dont drink milk.
The only milk a snake sohuld get is from a pinkie, that is all.
03/13/06  03:37pm

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Draco92
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 690172


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

well, mabe it might be some sort of goat milk or something less hard on their systems. i probably wont give him milk, but i was wondering if i could. thanks...
03/14/06  08:09pm

 #692504


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Draco92   In reference to Message Id: 692481


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

YUO CANNOT
They cannot digest dairy.
03/14/06  08:22pm

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NEWTMAN456
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 692504


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Me either, hard on the system. But seriously don’t give animals that don’t create milk any milk.
03/14/06  11:20pm

 #694148


Draco92
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   Message To: NEWTMAN456   In reference to Message Id: 692893


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

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But seriously don’t give animals that don’t create milk any milk.


How do you know? I need a professional herpatologist opinion!!!
03/15/06  07:36pm

 #694208


Daxfactor
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   Message To: Draco92   In reference to Message Id: 694148


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

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I need a professional herpatologist opinion!!!



im no herpatologist, and i dont even know about the milk thing, but even if they could drink milk, water is way cheaper.



03/15/06  08:01pm

 #694288


Ssnakess92
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   Message To: Daxfactor   In reference to Message Id: 694208


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

it is obvious... i know i might get a complaint "why are u comparing this to the wild" but w.e ill say wat i have to. they are wild animals...made for the wild and their bodies are programmed to live and survive in the wild. in the wild snakes dont find a puddle of milk....they find water
i forgot who said this before but it is true they can not digest dairy.
and no its not good just because it has a lot of calcium. snakes get all the calcium they need in their food. they get...meat and bone wich contains a lot of calcium...and other nutritions
03/15/06  08:30pm

 #694297


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Daxfactor   In reference to Message Id: 694208


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

They cannot digest dairy
Milk is a food source fro mammles, reptiels are born fending for themselves(in most cases) or are soon after. Feeding on whole foods form the get go. Milk is fed by mothers to supplement their babies growth and development. Reptile babies are born form the get go just as well armed as adults, eveything fully mature (next to the reproductive system) not needing any more noursihment then adults.
bottom line is THEY CANNOT DIGEST DAIRY DO NOT TRY IT
03/15/06  08:34pm

 #694655


NEWTMAN456
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 694297


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

That was a very immature response Draco. I’m not a herpetologist but I have common sense. If you want go ahead use milk for your animal, I wasn’t trying to force you not to. I was simply informing you about it and did not care for your response. Don’t post questions if you plan to act like this.
03/15/06  10:56pm

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Daxfactor
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   Message To: NEWTMAN456   In reference to Message Id: 694655


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

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That was a very immature response Draco.



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have common sense.



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Don’t post questions if you plan to act like this.



ENOUGH SAID!
03/16/06  05:10pm

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NEWTMAN456
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   Message To: Daxfactor   In reference to Message Id: 695533


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

I said I have common sense. In other words it doesn’t take much to realize that milk + snakes= no.
03/16/06  06:33pm

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Daxfactor
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   Message To: NEWTMAN456   In reference to Message Id: 695648


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

NEWTMAN456-I don’t know if you were directing your comment at me, but i was agreeing with you. Maybe you took what i said the wrong way or maybe not, i cant tell over the Internet some times.



03/16/06  11:56pm

 #696969


Madiesen
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   Message To: Daxfactor   In reference to Message Id: 696377


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

surely with the heat in the viv it would go sour and curdle within minutes.

Sour milk yummy treat for anyone lol
03/17/06  03:23pm

 #697453


NEWTMAN456
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   Message To: Madiesen   In reference to Message Id: 696969


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Yeah sorry Daxfactor I mistook your writting. Also the milke curddling is definate.
03/17/06  09:09pm

 #698771


Draco92
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   Message To: NEWTMAN456   In reference to Message Id: 697453


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

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milk + snakes= no.


ok, i just dont see why so many people, even my teacher, say snakes love milk and that they like it as a treat. This whole thing started when we read this sherlock holmes story about a guy who killed his daughter with a snake( a swamp adder) and used milk to train it,which the snake loved in the story, and the person who wrote the story based it on true facts and stories from scottland.
03/18/06  09:20pm

 #698811


Finners
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   Message To: Draco92   In reference to Message Id: 698771


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Draco...everyone on here says no and I agree. What other people are telling you this? Everyone on here seems to disagree with all those so called people. If you don’t believe everyone on here, then go do some research on the net or the library. That way, you could be informed by your ownself...and you could learn something new. :)
03/18/06  09:41pm

 #698852


RePtiLOVER
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   Message To: Finners   In reference to Message Id: 698811


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

swamp adder= not a real snake
Milk is VERY nutritious for sankes. Makes them grow SUPER big. Give it a try. All my snakes loved it!
03/18/06  10:00pm

 #698867


Chishower
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   Message To: RePtiLOVER   In reference to Message Id: 698852


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

I would assume you mean cows milk?

Most MAMMAL cannot process cows milk, including most people. It stimulates mucus build up in the digestive tract, and contains a substance that is basically glue. The only thing that can break down the milk protines are baby cows, and a very, very small percentage of people. You snake cannot digest these protines, and the milk will do nothing but clog up his digestive system and give him a major stomach ache.

And can you imagine what the feces would smell like?



03/18/06  10:07pm

 #698922


NEWTMAN456
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   Message To: Chishower   In reference to Message Id: 698867


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

Well I think theres a higher percentage of people who can digest milk. Its jsut people who can’t create the lactase enzyme get sick from milk. I lack this enzyme so I get sick from cow milk. As for the smell yeah it would probably be terrible.
03/18/06  10:34pm

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Madiesen
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   Message To: NEWTMAN456   In reference to Message Id: 698922


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

just been to a website call 4to40. I put in your question and a herp had some info on it. It is only a myth that snakes milk. People have turned up at the zoo where he works with milk for his snakes, it ended up in the rest of the staffs coffee. He said for a snake to drink milk would be like a tiger drinking orange juice.
03/19/06  04:51am

 #699280


Jessica71
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   Message To: Madiesen   In reference to Message Id: 699240


 Can corn snakes drink milk??

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This whole thing started when we read this sherlock holmes story about a guy who killed his daughter with a snake( a swamp adder) and used milk to train it,which the snake loved in the story, and the person who wrote the story based it on true facts and stories from scottland.


I agree that snakes don’t drink milk, but I know the story you are thinking of - "The Speckled Band" - isn’t that right? It’s his stepdaughter he kills so that she can’t inherit his money for her upcoming marriage. Fantastic story. It’s true he lures the snake back through the ventilator from her room into his using a low whistle and milk, but Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, evidently knew nothing about snakes! The author was a country doctor in Scotland in the 19th century and an amateur detective, making his stories up about characters he met, but they weren’t based on truth - they were invented.



03/19/06  08:01am


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