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If you are not seeing any lump at all .. it might be time to move up to a bigger mousie or consider switching over to rats. Just make sure you get something correctly sized for your snake. Right on or just a wee bit bigger than the girthiest part of your snake is perfect.
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Ok, thanks. i use adult mice right now, i think i might try switching over to frozen rats, but not huge ones, unless i can find bigger adult sized mice!!
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yeah it looks like he could use a bigger mouse. i guess your BP is alot bigger than mine becuase the adult mice i feed my snake look pretty big when they are going down (or maybe i just have some giant mice over here ;) ) but anyways pandora is a very cute snake :) just one question...why does that mouse look so wet ?
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I agree, looks like you need a bigger mouse. I need to switch Soph to small adult rats, but the only ones I can find are waaaaay to big....
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If you're using Adult Mice, I'd switch to Rat Pups.
www.rodentpro.com
Has size measurements for you, if you want.
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just one question...why does that mouse look so wet ?
the mouse looks wet because i feed Pandora f/t mice. plus, i spray this vitamin stuff on it. it has that vitamin C in it that Pandora won't get from f/t mice, so i figured since i wasted 9 bucks on it, i'd use it all. lol...
im gona try baby rats. im not sure where i'm going to get them from, pet stores around me dont have frozen rats, and i cant kill a mouse/rat/gerbil, i dont have the heart for it. lol no whacking of rat heads on tables for me!!
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Originally Posted by SemperFi2MyGuy
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just one question...why does that mouse look so wet ?
the mouse looks wet because i feed Pandora f/t mice. plus, i spray this vitamin stuff on it. it has that vitamin C in it that Pandora won't get from f/t mice, so i figured since i wasted 9 bucks on it, i'd use it all. lol...
im gona try baby rats. im not sure where i'm going to get them from, pet stores around me dont have frozen rats, and i cant kill a mouse/rat/gerbil, i dont have the heart for it. lol no whacking of rat heads on tables for me!!
Find a Petco near you. They carry frozen rat pups.
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and i dont know, im searching that website, Blink.. it almost looks like weaned might be better. ahhhh i dont know, i dont wanna give her too big of a rat!
EDIT- changed my mind. pups will work.
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i think a little (a little) bit to big is better than too small...... the bigger the mouse/rat the more nutrition the snake gets, ever since i got rocky on adult mice he is gaining weight slowly but surely.He has come along way from the little twiggy i got him at who was eating PINKIE MICE .
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Maybe go by this .. your average adult mouse weighs 25-30 grams weaned rats sound about right Id say I try to feed approximately 10%-15% of the body weight of the snake, 300 Gram snake = 30-45 gram meal this is just an approximation .. but the percentage rule is a good way to get an idea of what it should be eating
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SemperFi2MyGuy how much u buy ur BP ?
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You could be feeding weaned or small rats. I'm just going to go ahead and pull this picture out every time someone has any doubt on what their snake can take. My bp does this every week:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/f81bcdf3.jpg
I bet some of you are getting tired of that pic. I'll take a new one next time of an even bigger rat!
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I don't think I can even get that rat in my own mouth :o
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looks like its time for a weened rat :) They arent very much bigger then an adult mouse. You might want to consider buying bulk online. It can be hard to find the right sized meal at the pet stores sometimes... :)
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w00t!! FIRST RAT!!
the pet store i went to just got their first shipment of rats...i picked out the one i figured he could handle...and this really cute girl put it in a box for me...a little kid came up and said "eww..u like rats?" and i said "no, but my snake does"....and when this really cute girl started to check me out (as in....total my order) she was like.."so you have a snake huh?...how big is it?" and i told her it was about 3 feet.....but hey, now jeeper is pickin me up women.
point of that story...i don't know yet....lol
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lol... ok, im gettin weaned rats. for now, since the adult mice she's eating are too small, im going to be feeding her twice a week until they're gone. then i'll get some weaned rats... thaaaaank u!
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SemperFi2MyGuy how much u buy ur BP ?
Ozone, im not QUITE sure what you were askin me there.... lol try again!
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mmm.....that last post i made....went a lil off topic..haha..my bad...you can delete it (and this one too)
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I would try feeding two at once rather then one twice a week. Easier on snakies tummy... if he wont take em, I would go one every 5 or 6 days...
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i really like that pic, isnt it amazing how thier jaws do that !?! i was surprised when i saw rock's (nickname) eat a fuzzy !! i had no idea what he could really handle until i switched to hoppers/adults.
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