small rats

[kurgan]

So Monty has been on weaner rats for a year now - he is 18months old.
They are certainly smaller than his thicker section but he has one a week (he takes food about 8/10 weeks) and seems saited. last time I weighed him he was about 800g and is probably pushing a kg now.
How much bigger do small rats tend to be? I order my rats from Eurorep.
I imagine the answer is a bit subjective but how much bigger do they tend to be? Should I make the upgrade.

[Nate]

i have a male at around 800g on small rats. Small rats in the U.S. may be different from Small rats in the U.K.

http://www.rodentpro.com/images/size_r_small.jpg

[joepythons]

So Monty has been on weaner rats for a year now - he is 18months old.
They are certainly smaller than his thicker section but he has one a week (he takes food about 8/10 weeks) and seems saited. last time I weighed him he was about 800g and is probably pushing a kg now.
How much bigger do small rats tend to be? I order my rats from Eurorep.
I imagine the answer is a bit subjective but how much bigger do they tend to be? Should I make the upgrade.

I am not really sure of what you are asking here .I am going to take a chance though,are you wanting to know when you should feed your snake larger rats? If this is what you are asking, then if he does not show a lump in his mid-section after eating the size of rat you are feeding him.Then you need to start feeding him say a medium rat instead of the small rats.Question for you ,what is the 8/10 weeks? I hope i am answering your question for you.

[kurgan]

I meant that he takes the food about 8 times out of 10 that I offer it.
There is no noticeable bump these days.
Thanks!

[kurgan]

i have a male at around 800g on small rats. Small rats in the U.S. may be different from Small rats in the U.K.

http://www.rodentpro.com/images/size_r_small.jpg

Thanks - actually the small rat in your p;icture is if anything smaller than the weaner rats I am feeding now. I'll try to take a picture of one.

[RockinTimbz]

sorry to go off topic but how do you guys weigh your BP's??

[dr del]

hey,

RockinTimbz,
I put mine in a pillow case and weigh them on kitchen scales - weigh the bowl and pillowcase first (or zero the scale with them on) to get an accurate reading.


Kurgan,
Are their any reptile shops near you? It's probably best going to one of those to see the sizes of the rats and possibly buy one to try rather than having to faff about with minimum online orders etc.

There tends to be a fair bit of variation in size even in the same bag sometimes but it's amazing the size of prey these lil wrigglers can actually manage.


hope this helps,


dr del

[Rapture]

sorry to go off topic but how do you guys weigh your BP's??

There are some websites online that you can buy digital gram scales from... I got mine at Wal-Mart. It is made for measuring the mass of food, a diet scale. Cost about $30.00 for me.

[Adam_Wysocki]

i have a male at around 800g on small rats.

WOW

-adam

[gil6]

Adam, I gather that small rats are too big for the average 800 gram ball?