moving from mice to ratties

[numptyboxer]

How do you get a fussy "mice only" eating carpet to eat rats?
i really don't want to make her really hungry ... but also don't want to be having to feed bucketloads of mice as she gets bigger...

sorry - newbie - tell me if it's in an FAQ

 

[chickensnake]

You can thaw out a rat and a mouse then rub the mouse all over the rat ruffling the rats fur up so the mouse scent is all over properly then try feeding the snake that is the only thing i know of. lol

 

[grannieannie]

You could brain the mouse and put the "goo" over the rat.....not a pleasant thing to do, but I believe it works.

 

[Jarden]

What i did was didnt feed my coastal for a month, Brought some little hopper rats scented with a mouse and offered it to him, He took it straight away then the next feed i kept scenting then Just started scenting the rat a little bit now i just leave a mouse in the same snap bag as the rats and he takes them every time now

 

[Tsubakai]

Do what chickensnake said but then feed the mouse first then the rat. This way they are in feeding mode and should take the scented rat. After a while you can try not feeding the mouse first and just scenting, then reducing the amount of scenting. Obviously if you are feeding both items they should be smaller than if you are using just one item.