Mouse eating

I have two females that feed on mice. I have been breeding rats for the rest of my snakes. Now my ? how can I get the two too feed on rats. The rats are live. Should I just wait them out and keep trying to feed rats. One is around 400 grams and the other is around 1400.

give it a whirl!!!


our male eats adult mice.
we feed weanling baby rats and he doesnt seem to mind.
they are lest aggressive and jumpy than the mice.

one thing i have noticed...mice smell more than rats and are more likely to jump out of your hands and act all nutty.

good luck!

Try using a rat that is the same size as the mouse...and scent it with bedding from a mice cage. (I'm sure the pet store can give you a little bag of used bedding if you don't have any live mice of your own.)

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Originally Posted by JLC

Try using a rat that is the same size as the mouse...and scent it with bedding from a mice cage. (I'm sure the pet store can give you a little bag of used bedding if you don't have any live mice of your own.)

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Most of the time all you need to do is drop the mouse bedding into the corner of the snakes cage about 10 minutes before you put the rat in ... In my experience it's easier and has a higher success rate than actually scenting the rat itself.

Hope this helps. :D

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Most of the time all you need to do is drop the mouse bedding into the corner of the snakes cage about 10 minutes before you put the rat in ... In my experience it's easier and has a higher success rate than actually scenting the rat itself.

Hope this helps. :D

-adam

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Great tip, Adam. I have one that I was going to scent tonight and I'll give it a try. I'm sure it will be much easier on the rat, too. He won't have to sit in a paper bag waiting for his doom. :devilish:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Great tip, Adam. I have one that I was going to scent tonight and I'll give it a try. I'm sure it will be much easier on the rat, too. He won't have to sit in a paper bag waiting for his doom. :devilish:

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Hope it works for you! ... I can't make any guarantees, all I can do is share my actual experiences and this one has been MONEY for me! ;)

Let me know if it works for you and I'll buy that snake a rat for making me look good! ... If it doesn't work, let me know via PM! :P ... (j/k) ;)

:rockon:

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Most of the time all you need to do is drop the mouse bedding into the corner of the snakes cage about 10 minutes before you put the rat in ... In my experience it's easier and has a higher success rate than actually scenting the rat itself.

Hope this helps. :D

-adam

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Kewl...I hadn't ever heard that trick before.
~adding a new note to her little bag of tricks...~

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Hope it works for you! ... I can't make any guarantees, all I can do is share my actual experiences and this one has been MONEY for me! ;)

Let me know if it works for you and I'll buy that snake a rat for making me look good! ... If it doesn't work, let me know via PM! :P ... (j/k) ;)

:rockon:

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Well, it worked like a charm! :sweeet: BTW, she takes fancy rat pups if you ever make it out this way. ;)

And on a brighter note, I can finally get rid of my psycho Franken-mice. :w00t: It'll free up another cage for my rat friends as well.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Well, it worked like a charm! :sweeet: BTW, she takes fancy rat pups if you ever make it out this way. ;)

And on a brighter note, I can finally get rid of my psycho Franken-mice. :w00t: It'll free up another cage for my rat friends as well.

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Whew ... I love it when a plan comes together! :carrot:

(can you tell that I'm a product of the 80's????)

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Whew ... I love it when a plan comes together! :carrot:

(can you tell that I'm a product of the 80's????)

-adam

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Hey now!!! Nuthin' wrong with the 80's!!! Face was The Man!!!!! :wuv: and Howling Mad Murdoc was funniest. hahaha ;)

But it is sort of sad when I have to explain the song "80 Something" to my daughter when it comes on the CW station we listen to. :sigh2:


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