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Old 14-May-08, 08:02 PM
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Rats or Mice

I was wondering what peoples thoughts and opinions are between feeding your python rats or mice which is better and for what reason?

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Old 14-May-08, 08:05 PM
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are you planing on breeding your own(rats and mice)??
 
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Old 14-May-08, 08:13 PM
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I would like a python and was going to ask the same question.Love to know
 
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Old 14-May-08, 08:13 PM
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no i was just wondering what is best for the python to eat?
 
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Old 14-May-08, 08:22 PM
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well its best to get them onto rats
 
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Old 14-May-08, 08:25 PM
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if you breed your own food , rats are less stinky to keep then mice ..heres a feed chart you mite find interesting.?? to be used as a guide only
 
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Old 14-May-08, 08:29 PM
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go rats because its easier to feed a large python 1 rat than 12 or so mice
 
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more calcium in the bones of a rat. because they are bigger. but get the python on rats as soon as you can. depends on how fast you want your snake to grow.

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Old 14-May-08, 08:42 PM
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my baby diamond python is around 4-5 months old and is already on one pinkie rat a week is that ok?
 
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I was told by a mice & rat breeder that the rats had more nutritional value than the mice but he also charged a lot more for the rats so maybe he just wanted more money ??? but it is easyer giving one rat than 2 or 3 mice
 
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