Jeffree ate his first rat!!
It was yesterday and I was gonna post this yesterday but didn't wanna sound stupid... It was a little under what he should be eating for his weight by 5 grams but bigger than what he's been eating by 8 grams. Because I've been trying to to slowly transition him because he was on fuzzy mice when I got him from petsmart. He spit it out to reposition once but got it down in less than 10 minutes and I'm so proud of my little boy!! :snake:
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Sunnieskys
Go jeffree! Ya buddy!
I was so happy!! is that stupid? I love that snake more and more every day!
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Starscream
I'm so proud of Jeffree! What a good, growing baby! I just love feeding mine, is that morbid? lol
Lol nope I love feeding day especially since he always eats. I still jump every time when he strikes at it 3 months later and I still jump!!
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tttaylorrr
honestly feeding is, like, one of the best parts about owning snakes IMO. it's completely unique in the pet world and it's fun!!!
congrats, Jeffree!!! give that snoot a boop for me! :P
Thank you!! It's very unique And fun and he's such a little piggy!!
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MissterDog
Congrats!! It's exciting isn't it?? Feeding day is also one of the highlights for me too haha, it's just so fascinating to watch them tap into their inner predator and see them in action!
Lol I swear jeffree knows the rodents are dead already and constricts just to humor me his feeding response is always great but he wraps around it very lazy!!
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SDA
Yay one more person to help end the tyranny of evil rats! Down with rats, up with snakes!
Exactly!! Do my neighbour's count as rats?? cuz I'll gladly feed them to Jeffree!!
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Go Jeffree. Rats are much better for his nutrition.
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Pezz
Go Jeffree. Rats are much better for his nutrition.
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Is that true or an old wives tale ??
I'm sure I read something not too long ago that confirmed that there is absolutely no difference , nutritionally , between the two types - just easer for bigger snakes to feed one rat rather than two or three or more XL mice ....
I may be wrong ....
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Zincubus
Is that true or an old wives tale ??
I'm sure I read something not too long ago that confirmed that there is absolutely no difference , nutritionally , between the two types - just easer for bigger snakes to feed one rat rather than two or three or more XL mice ....
I may be wrong ....
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After saying it i questioned myself about it. So i asked the almighty google. Rats have more protein and less fat, but thats the only real difference.
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Pezz
After saying it i questioned myself about it. So i asked the almighty google. Rats have more protein and less fat, but thats the only real difference.
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Damn maybe I should start eating rats lmao!
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Damn maybe I should start eating rats lmao!
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Only if you're currently eating mice.
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Jeffree ate his first rat!!
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Pezz
After saying it i questioned myself about it. So i asked the almighty google. Rats have more protein and less fat, but thats the only real difference.
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You trust Google 100% ?
Pretty sure I was looking at a scientific paper where they showed their was virtually difference between mice and rats nutritionally. Just rats are more convenient for larger meals /snakes .
They didn't involve underdeveloped pinkies or hoppers ..
I'll try and find it online somehow - as I always presumed rats were far better ...
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Zincubus
You trust Google 100% ?
Pretty sure I was looking at a scientific paper where they showed their was virtually difference between mice and rats nutritionally. Just rats are more convenient for larger meals /snakes .
They didn't involve underdeveloped pinkies or hoppers ..
I'll try and find it online somehow - as I always presumed rats were far better ...
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Rats are around 56% protein and 32% fat and 12% "ash weight" mice are around 46% protein and 38% fat with 16 percent ash weight. As for minerals and vitamins virtually no difference. In any case it's not that big of a difference.
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SDA
http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp
So you can know how much crude protein and magnesium you are eating in your next meal of tadpoles. Oh and it shows rats and mice too. Personally I love a good stew of gecko, prairie dog, and shrew but we can't always eat so well.
In all seriousness, there is absolutely zero nutritional difference between rats and mice except that rats can get bigger than mice. That's all.
Yeah, I repeated an old wives tale without thinking about it fully and trying to remember a usda study from years ago. That's a pretty neat list though
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SDA
http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp
So you can know how much crude protein and magnesium you are eating in your next meal of tadpoles. Oh and it shows rats and mice too. Personally I love a good stew of gecko, prairie dog, and shrew but we can't always eat so well.
In all seriousness, there is absolutely zero nutritional difference between rats and mice except that rats can get bigger than mice. That's all.
I'm sure I heard Bear Grills suggesting best form of protein in the wild and readily available was EARTHWORMS !!
They'd have to be fried in lard and served with a awful lot of gravy for me to try them though !
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