M.bredl.mad
Active Member
I recently started breeding rats for feed for my snakes. I have 2 tubs each containing 2 females and a male inside.
They all sneeze ocassionally, however 1 male rat seems to be sick more than the others and sounds like his breathing is congested. He only recently has developed these symptoms, though he always did seem to sneeze more than the others before.
Will i still be able to breed this rat still or will he pass this sickness onto the offspring and making my snake sick by eating the produced rats?
Also one of the females gave birth recently and the sick male rat was the father. I only intend on growing these rats to fuzzy rat size then plan on culling them. Im just not sure if they will be healthy enough for my snake to eat, what should i do?
With all the rats i feed them good quality rat cubes, fresh fruit and veggies and also the occasional dog biscuits. And fresh water is always available.
The bedding i use is shaved pine and i clean the cages often.
Can anyone with experience in this field give me some help as im only new to doing this and i dont want to effect my snakes health.
Thanks
They all sneeze ocassionally, however 1 male rat seems to be sick more than the others and sounds like his breathing is congested. He only recently has developed these symptoms, though he always did seem to sneeze more than the others before.
Will i still be able to breed this rat still or will he pass this sickness onto the offspring and making my snake sick by eating the produced rats?
Also one of the females gave birth recently and the sick male rat was the father. I only intend on growing these rats to fuzzy rat size then plan on culling them. Im just not sure if they will be healthy enough for my snake to eat, what should i do?
With all the rats i feed them good quality rat cubes, fresh fruit and veggies and also the occasional dog biscuits. And fresh water is always available.
The bedding i use is shaved pine and i clean the cages often.
Can anyone with experience in this field give me some help as im only new to doing this and i dont want to effect my snakes health.
Thanks