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Is it true?
is it true that balls can get addicted to rat pinkies and only ever eat them? a fellow herp at a petshop (shocking some one at a petshop that actually cares about snakes and knows what their talking about) he told me that one of his adult snakes got addicted to rat pinkies and only eats them now nothing else.. is this true they get addicted
Thanks
Last edited by SRMD; 06-16-2012 at 07:09 AM.
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I have never known any to get addicted to rat pinkies. I have seen some stick to only mice. I am not saying that it is impossible though. I just have never heard of it.
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Some balls will only eat herbals after being offered one, some will not switch to rats from mice. Never heard of rat pinkies being an issue.
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Re: Is it true?
 Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant
Some balls will only eat herbals after being offered one, some will not switch to rats from mice. Never heard of rat pinkies being an issue.
do you mean they will only eat gerbals? after being offered a rat pinkie or being offered a gerbal?
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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Never heard of it, gerbils on the other hand yes very addicting.
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Re: Is it true?
Originally Posted by Rob
Never heard of it, gerbils on the other hand yes very addicting.
ok was just curious cause they guy said there addicting and i dont want my royal addicted to rat pinkies for ever
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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My ghost will ONLY eat gerbils, refuses everything else.
Never had a problem regarding rat pinks.
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Re: Is it true?
Originally Posted by SRMD94
do you mean they will only eat gerbals? after being offered a rat pinkie or being offered a gerbal?
After eating a gerbil.
The cool thing about rat pinkies is that they come in bigger sizes lol... If a BP will eat a rat pinkie, it will most likely eat larger rats as well.
Even still most BP's that eat rats will also eat mice.
Last edited by The Serpent Merchant; 06-16-2012 at 09:06 AM.
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Re: Is it true?
Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant
Some balls will only eat herbals after being offered one, some will not switch to rats from mice. Never heard of rat pinkies being an issue.
YES! Best typo ever! 
Yea guys Aaron has a few of his snakes feeding soley on pot, dont make the same mistake he did!
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Re: Is it true?
Originally Posted by SRMD94
ok was just curious cause they guy said there addicting and i dont want my royal addicted to rat pinkies for ever
here is my thoughts on it, Depending on your shop where he works and you get your rodents from, it could simply be a ploy to keep you purchasing mice where the profit margin is a lot higher. i will just use my local numbers here on this.
you come in asking about rat pups, which will lead into larger rats for food. locally for me a small rat (sorry no pinks, fuzzies or hopper rats) are $5 each. where as a adult mouse is $5.99 each, knowing 1 Small rat will feed a snake for a good week or more for the average pet BP, a snake able to take a small rat cold easily eat up 2,3, or more adult mice at a meal.
with my average order of 200 rodents per order from Rodentpro, Including the shipping fee's, it roughly breaks down to about $0.72 an adult mouse, and about $1.10 for a small rat. not sure what your local store is getting them for, or re-selling them for. but a marked price from $0.72 to $5.99 for an adult mouse is a massive profit margin.
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