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22-Aug-06, 06:34 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Cairns, Australia | | |
Yay I finally got my Jungle eating rat pups, I've heard that getting jungles to accept rats can present a task for some, and sometimes they just plain wont do it. anyone else experianced this?
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22-Aug-06, 06:41 AM
|  | Ford loving Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Penrith, NSW | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
i guess im lucky as i bought a jungle that was already weined onto rat's now he is eating two medium to large rat's a week,
however i do know how hard it is to get them eating rat's i have a coastal juvie (not a jungle but six in half a dozen really) that refuse's to eat rat's and im still trying to convert her as she is against rat's for some reason i think she is a racist snake lol
Congrat's mate it is a great day when they take a rat for the first time...
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22-Aug-06, 06:46 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Cairns, Australia | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
 thnx
*sigh* and now for the part I dread every day, leaving my jungle for work :'(
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22-Aug-06, 06:48 AM
| | Ford loving Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Penrith, NSW | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
lol i hate leaving my jungle everyday he is so cute he pop's his head out his hide every morning when i leave for work he even come's right up to the glass and stare's at me so i say "cya mate" and he goe's back in his hide and back to sleep such a little cutey he's called "Captain Jack Sparrow" (the mrs named him).
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22-Aug-06, 08:01 AM
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i guess im lucky as i bought a jungle that was already weined onto rat's now he is eating two medium to large rat's a week
| Gee that's a lot of food scotchbo, especially for a jungle. Did you see the thread about Pugsley's bredli and it's premature death? Any Morelia that's big enough to eat large rats should only be fed every few weeks to maintain good health and help ensure a long life.
Jamie.
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22-Aug-06, 08:26 AM
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stare's at me so i say "cya mate"
| I'm with Jamie on this one , maybe he saying " cya mate " because he knows he is getting to fat , but he can't help himself when you put food in his face .  |
22-Aug-06, 08:38 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
My jungle eats anything made out of meat Arnt Jungles more prone to problems related to over feeding like fatty liver etc. than other carpets?
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22-Aug-06, 08:50 AM
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I think all captive snakes are subject to overfeeding - I love watching them eat, so it's really difficult not to feed when they come out to see if you've got anything for them. For any python, less is far better than more. I have some carpets here that are pushing 15-18 years old, and they get fed when I think of it, maybe every 4-6 weeks on average in the warmer part of the year, and they are extremely healthy. I don't really have a routine either, they may get fed a couple of times, a week apart, then not fed again for weeks.
Jamie.
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22-Aug-06, 08:56 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: newcastle NSW Gender: | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
i thought that sounded like a bit much feeding better to slow it down i rekon
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22-Aug-06, 09:14 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 24 | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
My congratulations to you getting your jungle onto the rat pups. You will see the growth fasten and the snake not as hungry all the time as rat pups fill snakes up more than mice do.
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22-Aug-06, 09:21 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-06 Location: queensland | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
I have to agree with Jamies and Pythoninfinite, we only feed our pythons (3 species) once or twice a month.Like Jamie says sometimes a couple a week ,and then not for another week or so.We also alternate between freshly killed and thawed frozens so they tend not to be as fussy.One of my coastals will eat until I stop putting feed in and shes not fussed rat or mouse,I have to be so carefull and recognise when shes had enough even though I love watching her eat shes a candidate for obesity and early death.
Cheers Odessa
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22-Aug-06, 11:07 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: australia | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
we have around 25 odd jungles and all but two eat rats ,
we have tried everything but they wont have a bar of it.....
nick
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22-Aug-06, 10:03 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Cairns, Australia | | | | RE: Jungle eating rats.
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we have around 25 odd jungles and all but two eat rats ,
we have tried everything but they wont have a bar of it.....
nick
| I'm guessing you've tried rubbing the scent etc, I read one fella even tried to sew the head of a mouse onto a rat o_O
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