Is he big enough for small rats?
Atticus is close to 600 grams now, and I've been feeding him 2 adult mice per week due to the shortage of jumbo mice. Two questions:
1. Is he big enough to graduate to small rats? I haven't been able to find the weanling size at the local stores
2. Are there any other viable prey items of decent size? I have been struggling with the idea of feeding rats simply because they are such great pets. I realize this is somewhat ironic given how much bacon I eat, but I'm going to ask anyways
Thanks
Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
Hey, he should be ok on small rats. My 700g female has been on them since she was 500g and has never had a problem. As for the different food sources the only one i can think of is ASFs. I don't have a lot of experience with those so i will let somebody else give you some advice on those.
Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
Your snake is big enough to take a small rat. My female normal is a little over 700 grams and is slamming f/t small rats. I used to feel bad about feeding live rodents and f/t alike but then I one day realized that snakes have to to eat too.
Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
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Mustang5
Hey, he should be ok on small rats. My 700g female has been on them since she was 500g and has never had a problem. As for the different food sources the only one i can think of is ASFs. I don't have a lot of experience with those so i will let somebody else give you some advice on those.
I had a friend who had a couple BPs and raised/bred rats and ASFs and from what I learned, ASFs are much more aggressive than rats. You would most definitely need to feed the ASFs f/t or freshly killed.
Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
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Shamri
2. Are there any other viable prey items of decent size? I have been struggling with the idea of feeding rats simply because they are such great pets. I realize this is somewhat ironic given how much bacon I eat, but I'm going to ask anyways
ASF's, gerbils, chicks, and quails.
No guarantee your snake will eat all, or any, of them, but you can try them.
Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
Yeah try feeding rats, no bigger than fates part of snakes body.
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Re: Is he big enough for small rats?
I was slowly coming to that conclusion myself. And now that I am (mostly) relieved of my guilt, I am starting to get excited for his next feeding :) This will be his first time with rats of any sort.