I did not ask for this

[ladymisery]

It was a dark and stormy night the wind was howling. The victim Gorgon (normal bp) The bothersome newest addition mumpper (one live feeder rat) the scene my kitchen.

So imagine if you will at 5:00 pm feeding time I pre-scent the room, move Gorgon in to her feeder tank. Then I proceed to introduce dinner to my hungry baby and sit back to make sure no problems arise but to my surprise she does not strike in fact she does nothing she does a whole lot of nothing for about 15 mins. So I then try and I mean try to take the rat out of the tank ( did you know rats can jump really high) but that damn rat refused to become a frozen ratsicle and I had to chase it back and forth on the kitchen counter for a good 5 mins. So now my fine slithering friends I decided to let the fuzzy cuteness with big balls live for another day.

So what the hell do rats eat ?

Thank you for reading this

[Alexandra V]

If it's just a day, if you can it'd be best to run to a bulk food store and get some (unsalted) nuts, like sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, which they seem to like, and give a little bit of fruit and some rolled oats.

[JLC]

LOL...I've had stuff like that happen. Had two different escapes when the snake refused the live rat and I couldn't catch it in time before it jumped out of the enclosure. I've fed many a refused live rat as well, until I could try again the following week.

Here's a good post about rat food:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...odent-Feed-Mix

[PghBall]

If it is only a temp thing, you can feed it table scraps, veggies etc. If you have a dog, give it a little of the dog food.

[suzuki4life]

that damn rat refused to become a frozen ratsicle

please explain this one to me.

[Shenzi Sixaxis]

This thread made me laugh.


Just give it table scraps. I've been feeding that to my breeders and growers the past three weeks and they're doing wonderful. A little dog/cat kibble will also be munched on happily.

EDIT: My rats also LOVE oatmeal, whether it's plain or the instant flavored cereal package. They also like grapes if you cut them open a bit so they can lick the juice up.

that damn rat refused to become a frozen ratsicle

please explain this one to me.

He was going to CO2 and freeze it.

[suzuki4life]

from what I read I was guessing she tried to freeze it alive.