How many of your hatchlings actually take F/T on the 1st try?

Or how many meals does it take to wean them to it? I only ask because i have 14 eggs getting ready to hatch with 6 heads out, and where i am it is 2 bucks a mouse=24$ a week/ every 5 days. So just curious how long i takes to switch them.

Depending on how strong of feeders they will be it can be done after very few feedings (3 to 5).

If you are getting into breeding BP you might want to consider starting a feeder colony (at least for your hatchlings)

i wanted to but my mom wont let me :P the only way is to keep them in my room with my snakes nd i dont want that smell in my room

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Originally Posted by reptidude1

i wanted to but my mom wont let me :P the only way is to keep them in my room with my snakes nd i dont want that smell in my room

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Smell isnt bad if kept clean. I have A LOT of mice and rats in a 82F room and smell is barely there. I clean every 4 days but with a small colony you can get away with every 7days.

i used to keep mice to breed and got rid of them cauz of the smell

I usually feed them the 1st meal live and as long as they eat the 2nd meal is F/T. 90% of the time they will take the F/T with no problems but I'll always has one that wants to be difficult lol.... I am in the same boat as I am unable to breed my own feeders at this time...

I usually start with hopper mice, but this year tried f/t rat pups right off the bat and had about half of the babies take them.

7 egg clutch & only 1 of the 7 ate frozen thawed 2 times now..

My first 5 meals are live mice, then prekilled for 5 meals and now i just moved to f/t rat pups. Only one didnt want the f/t rat pup out of 11

2 of my first 9 have taken F/T on the first go. Another 2 took the day after. 5 left to go. :banana: