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Do you feed Raw Meat to your skinkies?

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Postby Jane » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:21 am

Ok, l just want different opinions. I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat
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Postby Jacobcole91 » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:35 am

Are you including pinkies??
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Postby Jane » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:45 am

nah, i'm actually referring to lamb or beef. I'ii change my description.
I ran out of dogfood so I cut some lamb off my dinner. I debated whether to cook it or not. I didn't, and Maxi loved it. He ate more tonight then he has in weeks.
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Re: Raw meat

Postby Edward » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:00 am

JACOB: Reading carefully is an invaluable skill.

Jane wrote:I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat
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Postby FunTex » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:04 am

I feed Störung Calf's heart, sometimes human meat (human flesh!) as well, but only when i happen to find some.
I got the tip (with feeding heart) from a very well known breeder here in denmark, so i presume it is okay for the skink, as he has been doing it for three decades.
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Postby Jenn » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:19 pm

If they are getting people food I cook it first. Do you cook the heart?
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Re: Raw meat

Postby Jacobcole91 » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:25 pm

Edward wrote:JACOB: Reading carefully is an invaluable skill.

Jane wrote:I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat


Don't you ever eat Pinkies??
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Postby Nir » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:38 pm

My guys eat almost exclusively cooked chicken with escargos sometimes...No cat/dog food and no non-cooked meat...
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Re: Raw meat

Postby Tyler » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:40 pm

Jacobcole91 wrote:
Edward wrote:JACOB: Reading carefully is an invaluable skill.

Jane wrote:I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat


Don't you ever eat Pinkies??


thats not really funny.

But anyways, i cook the chicken and since ground beef isnt very good i don't feed it to my skink. Never tried lamb though.
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Postby Zach » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:51 pm

This has been discussed a lot in the past, and most of us do not feed raw meats because:

"Do not feed raw meats. While it's true that blue tongues eat some carrion in the wild, our processed meat is a little different than the natural way of things—hormone injections, unsanitary slaughterhouses, you name it. It's definitely important to cook out any weird bacteria or contamination. Especially since cooking it is so easy."

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Postby Nir » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:59 pm

Thats true, I worked as butcher for two years... Not fun... But the point his, even if we try to be as clean as possible...there are still tons and tons of bacteria....
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Postby NomadOfTheHills » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:11 pm

Are frozen mice any cleaner than frozen chicken?
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Postby Autumn » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:03 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:Are frozen mice any cleaner than frozen chicken?


chicken probably is because some meats that we eat are irradiated to kill the microbes, this isn't done with mice, and freezing doesn't always kill bacteria, it may just put it in a state of suspension and it could continue to live after coming back to a temperature where it could live.... i guess that answers the question..
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Postby Lisa » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:28 pm

I've offered raw meat a few times and he wasn't interested except once he had a small piece of raw chicken. Haven't bothered offering anything raw since.

On a side note, I read somewhere that oats are good for them. Has anyone tried cooked oats (porridge)?
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Re: Raw meat

Postby Shadowfax » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:04 pm

Jane wrote:Ok, l just want different opinions. I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat


You know, if you read this quote, it sounds like you are feeding people to your skink. Not that I would necessarily have a problem with that.... :hehe:
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Postby Lisa » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:46 pm

It sounds like there are a few blueys out there with the taste for human meat already :lol:
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Postby NomadOfTheHills » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:47 pm

Lisa wrote:On a side note, I read somewhere that oats are good for them. Has anyone tried cooked oats (porridge)?


I include uncooked oats (oatmeal) every so often. It was in the bible.
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Postby Nir » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:55 pm

You just spread it on his food??!
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Postby Jane » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:11 pm

hmmm yeah, l slice bits of meat off Jacks arm every day to 2 :) LMAO
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Re: Raw meat

Postby Zach » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:25 am

shadowfax wrote:
Jane wrote:Ok, l just want different opinions. I am talking about feeding human meat NOT pet meat


You know, if you read this quote, it sounds like you are feeding people to your skink. Not that I would necessarily have a problem with that.... :hehe:



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