rats or mice?

hey, i was just wondering what your snakes prefer for food and what you actually feed them.. maybe something different because of convienience, price, or what you breed or not.. thanks :)

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Originally Posted by BaLLPAddICT

hey, i was just wondering what your snakes prefer for food and what you actually feed them.. maybe something different because of convienience, price, or what you breed or not.. thanks :)

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7 out of 8 have switch to rats 1 is a mouser.
I feed F/T for the convinience of having the right size always available when needed.
I have ordered bulk until now, I will start breeding rodents very soon, just because I want to provide my BP with quality feeders and right now I can manage it as I only have a small BP collection I won't need to breed that many rodents.
In the future rodent breeding likely only be for hatchlings as my BP collection will grow.

all of my snakes eat rats. i had one that would only eat mice when i got her, but for the sake of convenience i switched her to rats. she was easy--i just scented the rat with mouse bedding for 3-4 feedings and she was convinced. :) if she hadn't wanted to switch i'd have just kept her on mice though, because in the end it is more about what the snake prefers and will eat.

i just switched dexter my 18 month old ball to ratties. i have my boas eating rats or mice depending on what's available.

my corns are one mice or rats depending on what i am feeding them.

I breed rats and mice. My BPs usually get rats, but if I don't have any (either still too big or small) they get a few adult mice.

African soft-furred rats here!

oooo high class meals here....

hey but does anyone know the difference in nutritional value between rats and mice??

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Originally Posted by bigballs

hey but does anyone know the difference in nutritional value between rats and mice??

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http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

However their is no study on BP's nutritional needs.

I have some snakes that eat mice but the majority eat rats ... it really doesn't matter as long as they are eating, they're good to go. ;)

-adam

I just love this pic to illustrate the feeding philosophy we were taught. Which basically is feed what they will eat with a consistent, strong feeding response, feed the right volume of prey, offer it weekly and nature will do the rest.

Here's four young BP's, all born in 06 within a few short weeks to months of each other, all unrelated and from various sources. Two are mouse eaters, two are rat eaters....want to hazard a guess about who is who?

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Nov06forum.jpg

two on the left rats... two on the right mice?

i'm terrible at these things...