ok so today i went to 2 of the 3 mom and pop pet stores i go to. One of them had what they called "small rats" which in my opinion was just a large small mice, so i then went to the other place. They had pretty much the same size "small rat" but for alot cheaper so i just said ok ill just go with that, also it seemed as though they were larger than the regular mice i give to my BP, such as the fur was longer and the eyes were bigger. Anyways i get home, and i do the usual, take out the water dish and seconds after my bp has his head out and looking up, he know the deal, mean while i weight the "small rat" and it turns out hes just 41g, so not that much bigger than the usual 35-38 grammers. and 2 dollars more. Oh well.

Honestly im just going to feed him these "small rats" until he gets bigger. I mean i understand the 2 mice deal, but i have a good routine going for a while with my pastel, and he has never refused a meal and has been a strong feeder, feeding twice in my opinion is a big change. It goes from him being used to getting his one meal and thats it, to him getting his meal, then after he is done getting another meal, which means eventually he will get used to expecting a meal twice in a feeding, which would be bad when i get back to feeding just one meal.

Simple Man

Thanks, yes yes, i remember my first bout with my old normal bp, and the fustrations, i have learned alot since then. This website is kind of like school, i graduated, and now i know everything i need to know! Did u see my setup now? Everything a BP needs, i have dotted all my i's and crossed my t's. My only problem now is, there is a heat wave here in NYC and the ambient temp is 92 degrees in the tank, and thats with the herpstat/UTH disconnected AND the infrared bulb off. How to lower temps in a setup, that must be a new one. On the otherside of things, since this heat wave, he has been having half his body almost outside his cold side hide most of the day, except in the morning when he is fully in (prob sleeping)