foxysnake
Well-Known Member
Well, always found in my experience of breeding rats, that cannibalism seems to happen mostly due to different feeds, as well as mothers seem keen to eat weaker/or dead pups. I got told along time ago the negatives of feeding cat/dog biscuits to rats - something about the excessive salt levels in those feeds, and over time how that can build up in your snake causing complications. Something Ive never and would never risk my snakes with. At the mo, feed rats and mice a combination of pig pellets, rat pellets, and a horse feed. Also back up with vitamins that are added to their water and have no trouble whatsoever anymore.
I have also added new females and/or males to a breeding tank with hardly any problem, also raised 'pups' wit Mum, in a common tank, with only a cpl of deaths of pups, with the mum eating them. They always seem to the smaller and weakest of the pups however. Only saying this info, as for years, had problems wit females being eaten, pups and males, even when I had separated the females from common tank while they were preggers to prevent cannibalism of the young.
But, would just like to add, these are but my experiences, each to thier own, work with what works best for you.
Cheers,
Dee.
I have also added new females and/or males to a breeding tank with hardly any problem, also raised 'pups' wit Mum, in a common tank, with only a cpl of deaths of pups, with the mum eating them. They always seem to the smaller and weakest of the pups however. Only saying this info, as for years, had problems wit females being eaten, pups and males, even when I had separated the females from common tank while they were preggers to prevent cannibalism of the young.
But, would just like to add, these are but my experiences, each to thier own, work with what works best for you.
Cheers,
Dee.