Any tips on switching a ball python from mice to rats??

Im trying to switch my ball python from mice to rats.

Any tips or ideas on switching him over??

Here are a few I have done.
thaw the rat with the mice so it get the smell of mice.
dangle a mouse above after rubbing it on the rat.
use the mouse to stink the place up but use the rat as the food..

worse case.. Ever hear of a mouse coat?
Well lets say you need a knife & a good scense of humor.. and dress up your rat.. :weirdface

good luck

omg that mouse coat sounds awful! got a horrible mental picture lol.... but yeah...just put some mice stink on the rat and see if that works

My ball only eats live so the thawing together wont work.

And yea i got mental images with that coat :O

Just offer weekly till it takes it?

I never feed mice, stinkly lil things :P

And a mouse coat :confused:

Hannable Lecture made a mask in the same fashion he's talking about a mouse coat. :O

Jim Smith

You should see what I have to do when I switch from rats to rabbits.... you have any idea how many rats it takes to cover a 9lb rabbit?? DO YA:O

:rofl:

I cant imagine switching a green anaconda from rabbits to kangaroos :O:O

Try a few things:

1) Step down in size with the mice to the point that you have to feed two, get the snake used to this for a few weeks
2) Get a few rats of the same size
3) Present the first mouse
4) Present the first rat

If 4 doesn't work, just present another mouse and try again next feeding. It may be frustrating but it will eventually take the rat.

I had a mouse feeder... all she would do was take mice.. drove me nuts.

What i did was got a mouse tank set up with a couple of mice. I put four weaned rats in it with them.. i waited about a week then I let the snake eat a mouse, the next feeding i did a rat and now that snake is eatting nothing but rats..

She is eatting a couple of good sized rats a week now.

Scubs