Is it healthy to feed a corn snake raw hamburger?

Answer 1

of course!

Improvement:::I have been a Snake owner for over 17 years the ANSWER IS: ABSOLUTELY NOT.....Food that is intended for human consumption like raw/cooked hamburger isn't suitable for your corn snake because it contains chemical additives and preservitives and does not have the nutritional value that natural food such as pinkies,mice and small chicks have.

A snake gets all its nutrition from the food it eats, that's why you don't find snake vitamins out there. All the nutrients they require is all in the prey,they need the fur/feathers for fiber, the internal organs for minerals/vitamins, and the bones for calcium,Calcium is very important for snakes because they will die without it and they can't get enough calcium from just a chunk of hamburger meat.

Depending on their size and breed All Captive Snakes need their natural foods,the majority feed on small/large rodents,some species feed on small fish,frogs or lizards,some species of small newly hatched/very young snakes will feed on live earthworms,meal worms and sometimes even crickets until they are large enough to feed on baby rodents or other small prey..

Many times the rodents dont have to be alive for the snake to feed,you can kill the rodent by a simple firm hit to the back of the head and then place it in the cage,this saves the touble of your snake getting bitten by the rodent.If killing the rodent is uncomfortable for you then you could just place the rodent in the cage and let the snake do what is natural.Also you can order pre-killed frozen rodents to feed the snake but the rodent must be thawed out completely and must be warmed up before feeding the snake,snakes are more likely to accept pre-killed prey if it is atleast at 72* room temp.

There are exceptions such as if the snake absolutely must eat and you cant readily get live food or frozen food in time for one reason or another..Then you can use raw chicken depending on the size of the snake,for smaller snakes you can take a raw whole chicken wing and clip the pointy wing tip off warm it to 72* and feed the snake,if the snake is a bit bigger you can use the next section of the wing and so forth,for larger snakes you can use a drum stick(without thigh) and for even larger snakes the whole chicken can be used.

Pieces of chicken that have the skin and bones intact is much safer for a snake than just ground beef.....However this is not a replacement for the snakes natural food its only a temporary substitute...Unless of course your feeding them whole baby chicks/chickens with feathers,organs,blood and all...

Answer 2

No ! NEVER feed processed meat to reptiles - stick to their natural diet ! After 25 years of breeding reptiles I'm amazed at how many times I see questions like this !