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"Zucker" rats

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  • 01-12-2008, 10:11 PM
    scubaboy
    "Zucker" rats
    Any one out there have any ideas or experience on the "zucker" rat. Are these to big for ball pythons???
  • 01-12-2008, 10:15 PM
    littleindiangirl
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Zucker rats are diabetic, meaning they cannot digest and process sugars normally. It is said to be a debilitating disease and recessive. Zucker rats are ENORMOUS, and not at all well sized for a BP, as they can get up to 800+ grams
  • 01-12-2008, 10:15 PM
    rabernet
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Moved this to the Feeder Forum for you. :)

    I've never heard of "zucker" rats. Are they a line of rats? Or a different species of rat, like African Soft Furreds are?

    edit: Thanks Connie - doesn't sound like something I'd want to feed to my snakes.
  • 01-12-2008, 10:21 PM
    littleindiangirl
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    For clarification, the zucker rats are all fat. It would be different feeding a BP a normal large full grown adult male rat. Zuckers are seriously a big ball of fat and fur. I wouldn't think it would be nutritional for a BP.
  • 01-12-2008, 10:22 PM
    LadyOhh
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Zuckers are a line of rats usually bred for laboratory testing...

    They get HUGE
  • 01-12-2008, 10:34 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: "Zucker" rats
  • 01-12-2008, 10:38 PM
    stangs13
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Haha, alittle to much peanuts!:gj:
  • 01-12-2008, 11:01 PM
    rabernet
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Ummm, nope, won't be feed zucker rats to my snakes! Since they only get small/smalls, I'd never need one that big anyway.
  • 01-12-2008, 11:23 PM
    nixer
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    now thats one fat rat!
  • 01-13-2008, 03:16 AM
    dr del
    Re: "Zucker" rats
    Hi,

    Wasn't there some suggestion that it was excessively fatty rats that had caused this to happen as the fat formed a sticky emulsion of the stomach acids that adhered to the poor snakes skin?


    dr del
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