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    Quote Originally Posted by Naom9Anne View Post
    If he will only eat mice now then by all means feed him mice I have a hatchling on mice who I am leaving for a couple of feeds until I try to switch him over I totally understand putting weight on them first and then switching


    My boy who is on mice is gaining weight and over the space of two weeks he has went from 87g to 107g so I'm much happier with his weight gain than any immediate changes to rats.

    That's so great to hear. I hope mine will go through the same change in the next few weeks. The breeder told me that he was the only one out of his hatchlings who he couldn't get to switch over to rats yet.


    Quote Originally Posted by sho220 View Post
    I'd change the battery in your scale. He looks much bigger than 82 grams. Some hatchlings weigh that much right out of the egg. Your guy looks just fine in those pics.

    The first picture is the scale the breeder weighed him in. I weighed him on my own scale as-well and the numbers matched. :/ He's really tiny. Also keep in the mind that I have really small hands so he just looks bigger! lol!

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    OP, where in Canada are you (if you don't mind me asking)? I'm in Southern Ontario and know a few mice and rat breeders - much better and cheaper than the chain pet stores like Petsmart!

    If you aren't down this end, I'd advise you to do some deep searching in your area! Sometimes breeders do mice/rat breeding on the side, apart from their own stock. You can always post an ad on Kijiji as well
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    Re: Baby seems thin... Help! New ball python owner

    Quote Originally Posted by NH93 View Post
    OP, where in Canada are you (if you don't mind me asking)? I'm in Southern Ontario and know a few mice and rat breeders - much better and cheaper than the chain pet stores like Petsmart!

    If you aren't down this end, I'd advise you to do some deep searching in your area! Sometimes breeders do mice/rat breeding on the side, apart from their own stock. You can always post an ad on Kijiji as well
    I'm located in Toronto! So there are quite a few pet shops/reptile specialty shops that sell frozen rodents luckily. The unfortunate thing is that they are still quite far away... my local pet store is only 30 minutes away but I bought a mouse hopper for $2! (Sounds a little expensive to me...) I'm planning to go to the reptile expo coming up next week in Toronto and stock up on some feeders!

    In the end, it still sounds more convenient and inexpensive to feed 1 medium rat vs 3-4+ adult mice in a sitting when they are full grown but switching to rats is more a long term plan.

    Kitchener is pretty close to Toronto, isn't it?

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