Rats versus Mice

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

It doesn't matter.

I've raised tons of animals from the same clutchs where one would decide to be a mouser and a sibling would decide to eat rats and they are all within a few grams of each other.

No speculation here, been there done that. ;)

-adam

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that makes me feel much better.. we have a couple rats for pets and i couldnt imagine feeding cameron a rat. when we had snakes before i had no problems feeding rats but once our pet rats came into our lives, no way! I was concerned with the nut. value of mice-vs-rat.. thanks for the insight

My guy is still pretty young so I'm still feeding him mice, I'll probably switch over to rats when he gets older.

I live in Alberta, a province in western Canada. We are supposedly rat free (excluding lab rats), so having a live rat here is a big no-no. If caught with a live rat(s), you may face a fine of up to $5000.00 and/or 60 days in jail. Since i breed my own feeders to save money, i only have the mouse option available to me.

Robin

Uhhh, what would I put for both? Ifeed my smaller snakes mice, and bigger snakes rats..

Well, I picked rat- I like feeding rats better to my adults as comparison to a mouse.. Aside from the $2.75 differnce...

The natural food for BPS in the wild are rats , not mice !

I don't see why this thread is a debate. Either food source is a great choice. Now we should make a thread, gerbils Vs. Hamster Vs. rat

No, dear.. The natural food source for Ball Pythons are RODENTS and the occassional bird, not just rats. Balls in Africa have never seen what we call a rat(the domesticated rat anyway).

I know that none of mine eat rats and they sure aren't suffering from malnourishment(Jenny Craig anyone?).

I have heard from a fairly accurate source (zoo animal keeper) that the head of a ball python may not develop to it's full size if fed strictly small rodents like mice.
I prefer the ability to keep them on one scent their whole life. Routine being the main focus.
Rats seem to be the answer to feeding, one live animal at a time time, feeding system.

rats for my big girl, mice for my little guy. :)