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21-Mar-07, 08:58 AM
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Probably the only thing that you will be able to get as snake food that will have a lower fat than rats would be poultry. But they make your snakes poo very smelly.
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21-Mar-07, 10:05 AM
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[quote=Chris1;781288]it did say captive, but i hope ur right.
Female number 12 was the longest lived of the original breeders, obtained as an adult in December, 1988 and died on 9 th. July, 2000, a captive age of 11 years and 8 months. quote]
Hey mate that is 12 years as a captive, she was caught as an adult, she may have already been 10 years plus when captured. I'm sure they would live longer then 12 years in captivity.
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21-Mar-07, 10:23 AM
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chris,- rats are fine to feed them, thats all my olives get and i have never had a problem.
IMO where the problem lies is in the actual breeding of the rats, most people that breed their own rats and most breeders that supply rats to the hobby, breed them in those horrible little plastic boxes on a rack system. IMO this is asking for trouble long term, as they get no exersize and end up fat and unhealthy. Then they get sold/feed to your snakes and slowly kill your animals from an excsessive fat build up. I have seen this happen many times over the years especially in animals like bhps.
All my rats are bred in bath tubs and get as much exersize as they want and none of them ever get fat and unhealthy like those that are bred in small tubs.
I only feed what i breed and DONOT ever get rats off any one thats breeds rats in those small tubs.
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21-Mar-07, 11:14 AM
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well that makes sense,..ya know, u are what u eat and all that!! 
i might just have to start breeding then and find someone who can kill them fro me,...i just dont think i could do the killing part myself,...!!
Junglepython,..the rest were purchased as hatchies and didnt go over 12 years either,....
Female number 7 was purchased as a hatchling in 1987 and sold in 1998, a captive time of 11 years. Male number 3 lived for 11 years in captivity; it was purchased as a hatchling in 1986 and died in 1997. Female number 4 was purchased as a hatchling in 1986 and lived for twelve years until 1988.
i'd really like to believe its because they were fat and unhealthy though...and that a reasonably long life is possible with the proper care.
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21-Mar-07, 11:21 AM
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I don't think this bloke got so big in only 12years 
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21-Mar-07, 11:28 AM
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wow, thats an awesome pic!
hehe, i believe they must be able to get older, i was a bit shocked/disappointed @ the 12 year limit!!
hes eating low fat wallabies and exercising!! |
21-Mar-07, 11:35 AM
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Isn't there some controversy over that pic?
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21-Mar-07, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by gillsy  Isn't there some controversy over that pic? | Yes the controversy surrounds the question "Has it been posted 487 times or 847 times?"
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