What Do I Do With Him?

[brownec_870]

I got a small rat as a feeder for my BP but she wont eat it. Now i dont know what to do with it. I cant put her with my pet rats because they are both girls and hes too small to be in their cage and i dont wanna leave him all by himself forever. I cant take him back to the store. idk what to do...

[JLC]

Did you check to see if the store will take him back? Some will. (But some won't...I've struggled with that, myself.)

Do you know anyone else local to you that keeps snakes? Maybe they'd appreciate a free feeder? Other than that...set it up in its own little cage and see if your snake will eat it next week. You may have to euthanize it yourself if you don't want to keep it...the snake won't eat it...and you can't find another home/use for it.

Maybe a rescue center for either reptiles or birds of prey in your area would be appreciative of a free rat?

[771subliminal]

i keep a extra cage just for my feeders. if she dont wanna eat back in the cage it goes to get fattened up more

[rabernet]

Yup, put him in an enclosure of his own and re-offer him next week.

[andy6432668]

Euthanize it then try F/T next week.

[joepythons]

Euthanize it then try F/T next week.

What if his snake will not eat frozen thawed then what ? I say just setup a cage for it until next feeding time

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Why can't you put him in with the pets? I have plenty of just weaned rats in with adults.

[frankykeno]

Why can't you put him in with the pets? I have plenty of just weaned rats in with adults.

Couple of reasons I would think....

1) it's a pet store rat and who knows if it's carrying anything, so why expose his established pet rats to that risk

2) his pet rats are females by what his post says and this feeders is a male rat, so I would expect this person doesn't want his pet rats bred by this male

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

I didn't think of that. I guess I don't keep "pet" rats anymore. Just keep him alone for a week. He'll be fine