First Small Rat -

Tastey. I'll have better pictures up once I get them developed and scanned.

Heres a starter from my phone -

http://img56.exs.cx/img56/5840/rat1.jpg

man mine will never constrict his but man that is a cool pic mine seems the same size as yours how old is he/she?

yeah mine just stopped constricting too, feeding time isnt that EXITING anymore but its still cool to watch the swallow (which is basicly what it is now)

She constricts because I do a rat dance, I don't just drop em.
If I drop em ... she doesn't constrict.

Mines about 3 maybe 4 months old ... I don't really know, because I don't know the snakes B-day :(

Shes about two feet long.

yeah smae here he never constricted period and it was weird since the prey was bigger than what was usually fed to him(wasfed small mice i switched him over to fuzzy rats as soon as he came with no prob) it is still cool to see him strike em though(and man can he strike lol) i still have never witnessed a constricting period though. but i love him all the same.

Heres another
[img]http://img59.exs.cx/img59/6581/****s15.jpg[/img]

i am gonna do arat dance next time oh yeah do i use my hands or tongs?

TONGS! ... lol, Don't ever use your hands man.

I picked up a scissor like tongs at the dollar store.

man more money more problems lol j/k i will pick up some tommorow

Haha I work at a shop that sells herps, we fed the boas the other night and one of my coworkers just dangled the rat in front of an 8 ft gal and it snagged it right out of his hands, it was hilarious, he was just trying to set it on the floor.

But congrats on the rat switch...Ball Pythons think rats are yummy, now get ready to see some girth.

And that looked like a huge meal...when mine was that small and eating rats, I waited 7-10 days in between feedings.

yeah mine eats once a week every tuesday

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Haha I work at a shop that sells herps, we fed the boas the other night and one of my coworkers just dangled the rat in front of an 8 ft gal and it snagged it right out of his hands, it was hilarious, he was just trying to set it on the floor.

But congrats on the rat switch...Ball Pythons think rats are yummy, now get ready to see some girth.

And that looked like a huge meal...when mine was that small and eating rats, I waited 7-10 days in between feedings.

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Sure was a big meal, I was actually feeding Rat pups to Obitus.
This one I'd be guessing was Weaned, even though it was labelled as "small rats"

Obitus is really girthy for her length lol.
I always wait 7 days for feedings, this one I'll be waiting atleast 10.

Cool pics. :) Judging by the first pic, yours looks to be about the size of my girl. She's 3 months old September 8th. Of course, I can't exactly tell the size with no comparison. I just looked at the paper towel in the pic and figured in my head. Basically using the dimples in the paper towel as a size reference. I'm weird. :)

While on the subject of rats...I just got my baby tuesday, and it's a little early, but I'm gonna attempt to feed her an adult mouse this friday night. I think she'll take it. Anyway, I'm just gonna buy 3 frozen mousicles from the local pet shop, then once those are done, I want to switch to rats. I have no clue on the sizes of the mice and rats, so does anyone know what an equal sized rat would be to an adult mouse? I thought maybe rat pups, but not sure. :)

www.rodentpro.com
They have a good reference chart on size.
Rat Pups are a bit bigger then Adult Mice.

I'm pretty sure I feed her Weaned, even though they were labelled as Small Rats.

I'll have much better pictures up, once I get them developed and scanned! :D

Ah, thanks for that link. I couldn't remember which site had the size references. Cool. :) Looks like an adult mouse is about the same size as rat pups. I'll have to remember that. I'll probably make the switch within the next month.

Can't wait for more pics! :twisted:

Yeah adult mice are about the same size as Rat Pups, but Rats in general have giant heads ... its funny.