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Feeding option?

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  • 02-04-2015, 04:57 AM
    Sauzo
    Feeding option?
    So I've had my little pied girl a couple months now and when I got her she was 102g. She has been eating like a horse and getting a rat pup of 10-15% of her weight every 3-4 days. Well now she is about 386g and im thinking of going to a weekly feeding. She seems a little too small for weanling rats from the place I buy from but when I feed her a rat pup of about 38g, she is hungry again in 3-4 days. So my question is should I double up on rat pups and give her 2 38g ones every week or am I still pretty much stuck with driving 1+ hour roundtrip every 3-4 days till she is big enough to eat rat weanlings? Also at 386g is she big enough for a rat weanling? The rat size chart I see says that 38g is about mid size rat weanling but the ones I've been buying her that size are fully furred with teeth but their eyes are still half closed and they kind of crawl around but are by no means self sufficient. But I guess my main question still stands as 38g rat which is 10% her weight is still leaving her hungry at 3-4 days so can I just double up and just move her feedings out to once a week? That would be about 20% of her body weight in food every week.
  • 02-04-2015, 10:00 AM
    Citrus
    Re: Feeding option?
    edit: i posted on the wrong thread. sorry :D
  • 02-04-2015, 11:32 AM
    200xth
    Re: Feeding option?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
    So I've had my little pied girl a couple months now and when I got her she was 102g. She has been eating like a horse and getting a rat pup of 10-15% of her weight every 3-4 days. Well now she is about 386g and im thinking of going to a weekly feeding. She seems a little too small for weanling rats from the place I buy from but when I feed her a rat pup of about 38g, she is hungry again in 3-4 days. So my question is should I double up on rat pups and give her 2 38g ones every week or am I still pretty much stuck with driving 1+ hour roundtrip every 3-4 days till she is big enough to eat rat weanlings? Also at 386g is she big enough for a rat weanling? The rat size chart I see says that 38g is about mid size rat weanling but the ones I've been buying her that size are fully furred with teeth but their eyes are still half closed and they kind of crawl around but are by no means self sufficient. But I guess my main question still stands as 38g rat which is 10% her weight is still leaving her hungry at 3-4 days so can I just double up and just move her feedings out to once a week? That would be about 20% of her body weight in food every week.

    At her size, 10% once a week will keep her growing just fine. As she gets bigger, you won't even need 10% once a week.
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