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Ok wow, that made no sense whatsoever did it. Sorry need coffee.

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Originally Posted by Melicious

I'm really debating on whether or not to switch over to f/t. My rat supply is dwindling, and I'm sick and tired of spending $6.99 for a "medium" rat that should be in the "small" bin and spending $4.99 for "small" rats that are just glorified mice. I want to strangle someone right now. O_o

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I'm switching to F/T because I don't want to pay $1.75 for a small mouse. :cool:

What is the best way to switch from F/T mice to F/T rats??? Do you just do it and hope for the best??

This is making me very nervous, I have always fed her F/T mice for the past six months but she is getting a little too big for mice - having to give her mutliple mice per feeding - I really think I need to switch her to rats - I just fear her going off feed over it.

Any help.

Thaw the rat in some used mouse bedding that you can pick up in any pet store; they'll gladly give you some ;)

When the rat is thawed, roll it around really thoroughly in the bedding and pre-scent the snake area with the mouse bedding.

The snake ought to be faked out :P

I feed 2000g plus females mice and they are perfectly fine. Chunky butts... They get 3-4 mice every 10-14 days, maybe less if I'm running low and feeding babies is priority. Sometimes they get 5 or 6 if I just want to get rid of mice and they're still taking them with gusto. They tell me when they're done.

Plus, I get live medium adult mice for $0.47 each, same for frozen. Definitely not going to Petco and paying 2.99 per HOPPER. Dinky things.

I prescented the first rat I gave her - she took it just fine but should I continue to prescent her rat each week and for how long to keep this up??

Thanks everyone

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I saw that they also showed a Ball and said "This killer could easily over power a small child and kill it."

I about craped my pants.

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Ok, yeah this has been a pet peeve for a while now. I have written Animal Planet every time I have heard this bullcrap spew out of my TV. A Ball will kill you, a moose a predator, this is a boa(and it was a retic) bla bla bla.... I dunno maybe an educational station about animals could try having.....maybe...the CORRECT INFORMATION? Sheesh

Croc Hunter would be turning over in his grave.

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Originally Posted by stormwulf133

Ok, yeah this has been a pet peeve for a while now. I have written Animal Planet every time I have heard this bullcrap spew out of my TV. A Ball will kill you, a moose a predator, this is a boa(and it was a retic) bla bla bla.... I dunno maybe an educational station about animals could try having.....maybe...the CORRECT INFORMATION? Sheesh

Croc Hunter would be turning over in his grave.

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You would think. But just like Discovery. They are selling out for the "danger" factor.

I have read this thread post for post, but I'm still a little confused. Those of you who feed more than once mice per week, instead of a rat; do you feed the mice at one sitting, as in the snake eat one mouse after another, or do you spread the feeding out over the week?

Hi,

Usually it is done in one sitting but you wait till the snake has finished one and got itself back in hunting mode before introducing the next one - you don't want to just throw multiple mice in and hope for the best. :)


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