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  • 08-27-2004, 02:25 PM
    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.
  • 08-27-2004, 02:32 PM
    Tigergenesis
    Quote:

    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.

    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.
  • 08-27-2004, 05:09 PM
    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 alot more happy with 2 in her belly, didn't give me that " I'm still hungry look " lol......Thanks again Guy's.
  • 08-27-2004, 08:24 PM
    Tigergenesis
    Quote:

    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.

    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. :)
  • 08-27-2004, 08:32 PM
    Brandon.O
    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 ? ;)
  • 08-27-2004, 08:43 PM
    UberAlice
    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.
  • 08-27-2004, 08:45 PM
    Brandon.O
    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 ;)
  • 08-27-2004, 08:59 PM
    Brandon.O
    its a dwarf hamster,you can feed those ?
  • 08-27-2004, 09:02 PM
    UberAlice
    I fed a dwarf hammie once when Roo was a hatchling, it was p/k though.
  • 08-27-2004, 09:06 PM
    Brandon.O
    do they get addicted to them like they do gerbils ??
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