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    How likely is a BP to eat a hairless rat?

    I acquired a rex female rat as a feeder but she was pregnant, so we decided to keep her as a breeder because is really nice. Well I have fed off most of the babies from the litter, but there is one that appears to be losing all of it's fur so I assume she mated with one of her litter mates (must have been a rex as well). I don't want to offer him to my BPs because if they refuse it I'm worried it will put them off feed. They're finicky and I am trying to get them consistently eating every week. What do you guys think, will they refuse it because it's hairless?

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    Re: How likely is a BP to eat a hairless rat?

    A rat is a rat.

    The snake should eat it and have no hesitation.

    (Watch I say this and it doesn't)
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    Re: How likely is a BP to eat a hairless rat?

    I feed double rex's and double velveteens all the time and it doesn't seem to alter my snakes feeding patterns in any way.

    They don't sell too well as pets so they are cursed from the get go
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    Re: How likely is a BP to eat a hairless rat?

    I have not run into this with my BPs yet but when I had my red tail, I once ended up with a hairless rat...that thing looked freaky!! My red tail would not take it at all...so I ended up taking it back after a few days of attempting and the pet store gave me one with white fur that had just come in with their new stock. Sometimes it seems like they can in fact tell the difference?

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