Please help! Flannery won't eat rats!

that's ty's little pet, you can deal with her if you choose to!



vaughn

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Originally Posted by kavmon

they are also alot bigger than mice.

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Which rats are you referring to? The ones that I researched (muridae praomys, African soft-furred rat) are only about 40-80 grams which seems to be closer to mouse size than rat size, but actually somewhere in between.

I agree that they should be avoided if possible unless you plan on keeping a colony of breeders. Even then, you'll probably have a heck of a time trying to sell a snake that has been imprinted on them...

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Originally Posted by kavmon

the downside to african rats are, they are expensive and if you get your ball to like them? well, you either have to pay out the ___ or breed african rats. they are also alot bigger than mice. people have been keeping balls successfully for a few decades without the african rats!

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I can't believe that thing hasn't died of shock yet!! ... LOL

African rats ... just another "gimmick" ... like water softener for reptiles, or shed aid, or snake leashes ... when people smell $$$ they get creative.

-adam

i'm referring to this typehttps://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/DSCN0893.JPG

this guy has doubled in size, in 2 weeks! he is definatlety bigger than most mice.
i'm waiting until he is bigger, then i'm going to freeze him and sell his fur, a pinch at a time! lol


vaughn

i dunno it just looks like a regular white rat with some colouration to me, but i really am not an expert.

Ooooh, Busted! You're now on Adam's "gimmicky consumer" list. :D I'm waiting for my snake leash to come in the mail so I can get on his list, too.

BTW, just how soft is a soft-furred rat?

my 4 yr old got that one free, it stays upstairs in her room. it seems a bit less smelly and the fur is a little softer, i don't really compare rodent fur though! lol



vaughn

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Ooooh, Busted! You're now on Adam's "gimmicky consumer" list.

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Not even close ... Vaughn is definitely one of the guys that's "doing it right". ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Not even close ... Vaughn is definitely one of the guys that's "doing it right". ;)

-adam

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i see you've been talking to my wife again? :partyon:


vaughn

Good lawd Vaughn what is that ummmmm thing!!! Some sort of rat? (wait I'll come up with something nice to say about it...granny taught me well...just give me a sec here!...errrrr.....ummmmm....wait...I've got it!)

I'm sure it has a lovely personality! :D