Jungle carpet feeding ?

[djole13]

What is the best way to switch 1 year old carpet python from mouse to rat ??? From start of her life she is on mouse diet and i think to put her on rats.


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[M.P.C]

Have you tried feeding a rat yet?

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

Carpets are notorious for getting stuck on mice. You won't know until you try!

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[Reinz]

While I have no experience with this, this is what I have read.

Freeze mice in the same bag as the rats to get the mice odor onto the rat.

I would think that this would work even better is you did this with freshly killed mice and rats just before freezing if that is possible for you. That way the odor may be stronger.

I have also read to pour warm chicken broth over the rat before feeding.

Then there is the follow up trick. You feed a smaller mouse size meal and follow up immediately with a similar sized rat meal.

Good Luck!

[EL-Ziggy]

Just try offering a rat and see if she takes it. If she doesn't accept it, keep offering rats until she does eat one. Hunger almost always wins in the end. Once she takes a rat I wouldn't offer mice again. You can also try scenting the rat by thawing a mouse and rat together. I've heard most carpets are pretty easy to switch over but I haven't had to transition one yet. I just bought a 2014 coastal carpet yesterday that the breeder had on mice. My animal won't ship for a few weeks so I asked the breeder if he could get him on rats before shipping him out. He sent me an email today saying the coastal snatched it off the tongs with no hesitation. Best wishes with your jungle.

[Reinz]

Ziggy, you were fortunate with your Coastal. As Marissa said, Carpets are notorious for sticking to mice.
Mice are like Filet Mignons to them a rats are veggie burgers.

[EL-Ziggy]

Ziggy, you were fortunate with your Coastal. As Marissa said, Carpets are notorious for sticking to mice.
Mice are like Filet Mignons to them a rats are veggie burgers.

Thanks Reinz, I hope the jungle cooperates too .

[djole13]

Thank You very much !!! I offered her a rat couple of times but she didn't take a rat. I'll try that way with "mix" rat-mouse


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[Stewart_Reptiles]

Tough love, Carpets are one of the species I had the hardest time switching from mice to rat, I had a male who took a year before switching.

[Marissa@MKmorphs]

2 of my 3 are on mice and we are about to make the switch to rats. I'm a believer in tough love as well!