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17-Mar-06, 05:35 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Figtree, NSW Age: 32 | | |
I was talking to a herp friend, who said that rats are better for snakes than mice.
Is this so? Or is it, too another urban myth?
I'm interested to know, as we want the best for her.
If I was going to feed her rats instead of mice, and she's eating fuzzy/weaner mice now, would I use rat pinkies for her?
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17-Mar-06, 05:39 PM
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17-Mar-06, 05:46 PM
|  | BRISBANE ENCLOSURES Sponsor | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane | | | | I try to get my snakes onto rats as soon as possible. One of my jungles is really fussy and won't take anything but mice so ends up eating more frequently as they aren't as substantial as rats.
Personal choice really, but do think rats are better if she'll take them. |
17-Mar-06, 06:36 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: sydney | | | | i have all my jungles on rats...it took a bit of doing but a tip from young trueblue ( scent the rat with mouse substrate yech!!) worked like a charm. Two diamonds i have put on about two feet in a year once i changed from mice to rats. Plus i seem to have more luck breeding rats than i do with mice.
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17-Mar-06, 06:56 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Melbourne Gender:  | | | | My Breeder told me to put mine onto rats asap as they do better (i am swaping my 4month old childreni too rat pinkies after her next feed)(the smallest rat pinkie i could buy)
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17-Mar-06, 07:02 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Figtree, NSW Age: 32 | | | | We might get some rats and see how she goes. Do I get her pinky rats?
If she takes them no problem, does anyone have any rat breeding tips?
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17-Mar-06, 07:05 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | yes pinkie Rats but i was advised to increas the size of the mouse pinke and then get a small rat pinkie then switch them
but no rat breeding tips sorry
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17-Mar-06, 07:10 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | | Yes it isn't that rats are better for them it's that they grow much faster on rats.
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17-Mar-06, 08:34 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-04 Location: sydney | | | | in my opinion(and only my opinion) an adult mouse is better for a snake than a young rat as i belive an adult animal would have better nutritional value than that of a younger animal wether it be a rat mouse or rabbit
so i feed my snakes 2 large adult mice rather than one small young rat and would rather feed 2 large rats rather than one small young rabbit |
17-Mar-06, 08:44 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Figtree, NSW Age: 32 | | | | well she isn't able to eat a full grown mouse yet. So she's still on fuzzies.
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17-Mar-06, 08:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | | Rats are higher in protein than mice,size is obvious. |
17-Mar-06, 09:18 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | I'm not sure now after hearing all these opinions, I might've got it mixed up but I think someone told me that rats have a higher fat content which is not so good.
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17-Mar-06, 09:41 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: South Australia | | | | From information we have gathered animal fur is important for snakes digestive system. So we keep our snakes feeding on mice up untill they can take an adult mouse then transfer them to rats of an equal size.
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17-Mar-06, 09:43 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Goulburn Valley Gender: | | | | If rats are feed the wrong diet they will be higher in fat. Feed them a stable diet and they will be a strong feed for your reptiles. |
17-Mar-06, 10:09 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney | | | The main reason snakes grow faster on rats is that you are feeding them a much larger food item. there is no way in the world your going to get a diamond or carpet up to it's maximum size feeding it on a diet of mice. It's just common sense, as the snake grows you increase the size of the meal graduating from mice to rats. Those interested in the nutritional value of prey items take a look here http://www.anapsid.org/resources/preynutrients.html | | |
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