Wrong size bulk feeders

[Sunnieskys]

So first off this is not a complaint. I love my rodent guy!

so I ordered 20 small rats for boople to pick up at the reptile expo. Picked them up, talked to him for a while about feeders and went to my parents to weigh and vacuum seal them.

They are medium rats. Weighing from 75-95g

there is no way boople can eat those right? She is on the cusp for small rats.

My my plan was to feed her the smallest small rats first and then work up.

I emailed him and told him to take his time because I know he is super busy with the expo and just asked him what we should do.

I just want want to make sure that I am correct in assuming these are way to big for her. She is only 450g. These are double her weight.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

450g

Not at that size unless you want some issues.

[Sunnieskys]

Thanks deb. That's what I thought. I will see what I can do when he emails me back about them. I'll weigh a small rat at work for this week.

thanks again.

[bcr229]

Vacuum-seal the too-large rats so they'll keep for a while, and purchase some smalls.

[Sunnieskys]

Vacuum-seal the too-large rats so they'll keep for a while, and purchase some smalls.

I did lol. They are all sealed up 4 to a bag with weights written on the bags. They are safe for a year if I need to keep them. My mom helped me weigh and seal. She told me the entire time how much she dissaproved of feeding an animal to an animal. I said at least they aren't alive while doing this. Lol. She just looked at me lol. I love my mom...

[bcr229]

My mom helped me weigh and seal. She told me the entire time how much she dissaproved of feeding an animal to an animal.

LOL is your mom a vegetarian?

[SDA]

Wait wait wait... That size is a medium? All this time I have just been asking the place I buy from to give me big sized smalls and they have been sneaking in mediums this whole time?! No wonder my snake is looking fat!

[Regius_049]

They are medium rats. Weighing from 75-95g

there is no way boople can eat those right? She is on the cusp for small rats.

I would usually be feeding a ~450g snake weaned rats, which are around 40-50g, but I am usually on the conservative side when it comes to feeder size. As you note, mediums are probably a bit big for him/her. I usually don't do medium rats until the snake is like 1000g.

Wait wait wait... That size is a medium? All this time I have just been asking the place I buy from to give me big sized smalls and they have been sneaking in mediums this whole time?! No wonder my snake is looking fat!

Rodent sizing can be pretty variable from distributor to distributor, but I would usually say a medium rat averages around ~125g or so. Your snake is probably just big boned.

[Sunnieskys]

LOL is your mom a vegetarian?

Not at all. I had mice and rats as pets so she was kinda not ok but still helping me pack them lol.

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[Sunnieskys]

Wait wait wait... That size is a medium? All this time I have just been asking the place I buy from to give me big sized smalls and they have been sneaking in mediums this whole time?! No wonder my snake is looking fat!

Yep. I just weighed all the smalls here at work too and they are correct. I took the smallest small for this week until I get the order resolved.

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