Feeding guinea pigs or rabbits to BPs

[Spread Love Ders]

I am looking at having a go at breeding my own snake food, directed more towards adult size BPs. I was thinking it might be more practical to feed them small guinea pigs or rabbits, as I wont have to wait as long for them to get the same size as a full grown rat.

Any thoughts on this?

[jsmorphs2]

I personally wouldn't recommend either food source live or f/t.

To breed your own would require both a lot more space and money than breeding rats or mice. You could have multiple breeding groups of rats and several grow up tubs in a rack that takes up 1/2 the space required for a few rabbit cages. It would take a few months to get your first group of feeders up to size but after that you will have a continuous supply of rats to feed off or freeze.

Plus Guinea Pigs only have 1 or 2 offspring at a time around 60-100g. Gestation is two months. At 4 weeks they are around 200g.

I did a quick Google search about rabbit sizes and on one site it said they are weaned by day 35 at 500-600g! That's a really big meal! I couldn't find any info on how big they are when born though.

I would do LOTS of research before delving into breeding Rabbits and GPs for feeders. Just doesn't seem worth it.

[iCandiBallPythons]

guinea pigs are supposed to be very high in fat content aswell which isnt good.

[Spread Love Ders]

what ratio should i have as far as breeder rats per snake?