Rat Sizes

[africancichlidau]

Chocolate Coated mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[bigguy]

Rodentrancher,

I knew that was how you recognised Fuscus's rat going down the water python

[dobermanmick]

My MD is on large fuzzie rats atm when do i know to upsize his meals ? or am i better off just giving him 2 at a time instead ?

[Pinkie]

I remember Mega Rat Gregski - he was a rat legend.

[_popp_]

R.I.P MEGA rat,he was more like a dog than a rat that one,over 1kg of pure stud.

[bigguy]

Popp,

Mega rat was over 1kg . You would not like to meet that one in a dark alley

[_popp_]

Mega rat was one of gregs rats,he had his own cult following on aps,it was a sad day to see him part he was such a gentle rat never bit anyone.When greg actually posts i think he may even know exactly what the big fella weighed.I know he was definately over the kilo but!!!!!!! :wink:



cheers popp

[Greg]

Yeah Geoff, at his last weigh in he was 1300g. His brothers weighed nearly as much.(Magpie had one, he'll know how much his weighed.)

This isn't a tall tale either. There were plenty of witnesses to attest to his size. He didn't do much in the final months of his life except eat and sleep. He'd long since stopped siring youngen's.




Greg

[dobermanmick]

what did you feed him to ?

[Greg]

I didn't feed him to anything. I didn't want any of my snakes getting fatty liver disease.

[Magpie]

Junior only got to 850g b4 he kicked the bucket and went to the big rat tub in the sky.
Going from weaner to medium is a big jump IMO, from 50g to 120g with nothing in between?

[Sdaji]

pinkies
fuzzies
weaners
hoppers
sub adults
adults
bigguns

Hoppers are smaller than weaners aren't they?

[herptrader]

Originally Posted by Sdaji

Hoppers are smaller than weaners aren't they?

Velvets should also be included in the list between pinkies and fuzzies.

Of course the weight is probably the most useful guide.

I would have guessed that hoppers and weaners would be about the same. Hoppers is a term that makes more sense for mice because when they reach that age it is like they have all suddenly developed springs.

Talking of rats and pricing one of the most sensible pricing schemes I heard of was by weight. This particular person was selling his rats at $10 per kg for everything that was fully furred.

If you are going by weight it does not matter all that much how accurate your subjective estimate of size is.

[lutzd]

Originally Posted by Greg

I didn't feed him to anything. I didn't want any of my snakes getting fatty liver disease.

That raises an interesting question, also asked by Dobermanmick :

Is it better to feed multiple smaller prey than one large rat? I would have thought smaller prey would have less fat and would therefore be more nutritious. Any thoughts?

[edited] Damn! I should read the posts more carefully - Bugguy has already answered "yes" to that one. Sorry.

[dugadugabowbow]

I dont go much bigger than 200g.