Mice to rats

[Alex Lehner]

My young guy is the same size as yours (around 240g) and I just switched him over to rat pups. He was on adult mice before.

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[HeathBish]

My young guy is the same size as yours (around 240g) and I just switched him over to rat pups. He was on adult mice before.

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They only had live rat pups. So I didn't get any. I'm going to order some and have them delivered. Have to check out some places.

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[ryknoll3]

They only had live rat pups. So I didn't get any. I'm going to order some and have them delivered. Have to check out some places.

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If you're going to order online, think ahead about 6 months. Get some pups and some weaners for your little guy, and some smalls for your big guy.

[Cheesenugget]

If it was eating adult mice, and you are starting the switch to rats, I find it to be easier to do so when given a smaller prey item. So I would try a large rat fuzzy and see how that goes. Once it starts eating consistently, then go for a small rat pup or slowly build up to a size appropriate for its weight. No need to rush things.

[Alex Lehner]

If you have access to mouse bedding, try rolling the rat around in the stinky mouse mouse bedding right before feeding. Did that with mine, and it worked like a charm.

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[Jamiekerk]

This is my guy he’s 660 grams and on weened rats, he was really underweight when I got him as pet shop had him on small mice which is one of reasons I got him I wanted a bp but the store wasn’t meeting his needs so I took him. He was 470 grams when I got him I switched him immediately to weened rats.


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