Double Feeding....

*insert tail between legs*
I had asked the same question of a herp vet a few years back, and my explanation was the one that had been given to me; that the more prey items, the more stress placed upon the digestive system.
But I guess I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by UberAlice

*insert tail between legs*
I had asked the same question of a herp vet a few years back, and my explanation was the one that had been given to me; that the more prey items, the more stress placed upon the digestive system.
But I guess I was wrong.

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I hope you don't have a tail! :lol:

It could very well be that was the thinking then. Luckily, as time goes on more information is coming out on herps.

WOW!! I'd just like to thank everyone who responed to my quesion. I guess in the end it's all up to the keeper. I would really love to try my girl on small rats but I just can't get a hold of any. As long as she will take it I think I will be giving her 2 p/k adult mice until she is ready for average rats. She did seem alot more happy with 2 in her belly, didn't give me that " I'm still hungry look " lol......Thanks again Guy's.

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Originally Posted by tman

WOW!! I'd just like to thank everyone who responed to my quesion. I guess in the end it's all up to the keeper. I would really love to try my girl on small rats but I just can't get a hold of any. As long as she will take it I think I will be giving her 2 p/k adult mice until she is ready for average rats. She did seem a lot more happy with 2 in her belly, didn't give me that " I'm still hungry look " lol......Thanks again Guy's.

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LOL. You are right - it is up to the keeper and what you feel is best and are more comfortable with. Just like everything else in life there are many ways of thinking on all topics. :)

i feed one nice big meal a week and ive never had a prob uber,you have fed your snakes hamsters ?? man i wish i could do that,i have a really stupid hamster that bites and i cant sell it or even give it away !! haha you want him ? ;)

My hammies are f/t, I reserve them for special cases. It took a f/t hammie to get Vash out of a feed strike after she was offered f/t rats, mice, rat pups and a p/k rat pup. Roo broke her first feed strike with a f/t hammie. It's not what I usually feed them. :)
You could just p/k the hammie and try it on your ball as a treat, Brandon, my girls never had an issue taking one before. I don't think they're as nutritious as a rat, though, so I wouldn't make it an every-feeding thing.

ahh my mom wont let me kill it though,oh well maybe if i find somebody who wants it as a feeder ill give it to them and tell my mom they wanted it as a pet ;)

its a dwarf hamster,you can feed those ?

I fed a dwarf hammie once when Roo was a hatchling, it was p/k though.

do they get addicted to them like they do gerbils ??