I love freebies!

[Ginevive]

I went to my friend's pet store a few days ago. She is being overrun by feeder rats; not selling them as fast as they're breeding. She had two pregnant females that she wanted to unload, and gave them to me for free. They were in a pretty crowded cage, which is why I think that neither of them gave birth. The night I got them home, the first female had 11 babies! That was about a week ago, and all are doing great. I plan on putting most of them down when they're the right size to get my BCI started on them, which should be in about a month. Yay for freebies!!

[JLC]

Wow, that's great! If I ever start breeding my own feeders, it'll probably be rats. But I do fear getting a bit attached to them! I'm sure there would be some that would never see a snake!

[Wizill]

Ginevive, when your bci starts eating small rats, the growth is unheard of. i can notice visible growth in my bci after feeding small rats for only a few weeks. no doubt, bci's rule.

[Ginevive]

I don't know if that should be something to look forward to, or fear, lol. I would try feeding him a rat pinkie, but I'd rather wait til they gain a bit more size to them. If he takes to rats like he takes f/t mice, I'll love it!

[Smynx]

Wow, that's great! If I ever start breeding my own feeders, it'll probably be rats. But I do fear getting a bit attached to them! I'm sure there would be some that would never see a snake!

Count on it, Judy. The two mice we kept that were supposed to be feeders before we switched to f/t just had babies a couple weeks ago. My plan was to freeze the little guys once they got to be fuzzies or hoppers, but the darn things are SO cute, I just can't bring myself to do it!

[JLC]

LOL! Wait 'til they start stinking up the house....then they might be a little easier to freeze. :wink:

Seriously...I ended up with a pair of live mice that the snake wouldn't eat and I had to make myself take them back to the petstore before I went and got attached to them! I don't think I'd have too much trouble euthanizing the young ones, but I'm sure I would grow attached to the breeders. Whatever type of critter it was. (Mice, rats, gerbils, etc)

[Smynx]

They already stink! I'm hopeless!

[Marla]

LOL Smynx! That's why when we used to breed mice and the girls were little and wanted to name them, we called them names like Burrito, Ham Salad, Spongecake, etc.

[Smynx]

Good idea! We have 6, so how about Extra Value Meal #1, Extra Value Meal #2, etc., etc.?

[Marla]

There ya go! Or each of you gets to name one but it has to be a food item, and the one left over is the first one fed off!