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Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
I have been reading that if you start your baby snakes on mice, they may become mouse exclusive, not taking a rat when the time comes. How do you all feel about this? Do you feed your babies mice until a certain size or do you start them day one on rats?
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It won't be an issue I start a lot of animals on mice and they can switched very easily, when they are young they are voracious and have a strong feeding response.
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She speaks the truth just fed my 150g pewter 2 small mice after he wouldnt touch little rats...
Ill be trying small live rats in a few days so the live rat to f/t rat wont be an issue...
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hopper mice till they get some weight on them, then switch.
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Re: Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
I'll start them on rats if possible. It depends on the size of the hatchling. If its really small than a rat fuzzy may be to big and a rat pink just isn't usually mobile enough to trigger the strike and feeding response. In that case I start with mouse hoppers but try to switch them over as quickly as I can.
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Re: Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
Thanks everyone. Excellent info!
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my hatchlings start on rats from the get go. i breed my own rats, so size is not an issue....but if you have to buy feedrs, no harm in feeding with mice and switching later on. i've never had a snake that won't switch, eventually......the secret to converting those picky eaters is tough love.....
1.0 pied
0.1 spider het pied
0.1 normal het pied
1.0 pinstripe het albino
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0.3 normal het albino
1.2 cinnamon
0.1 lesser
0.1 bumblebee
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Re: Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
Ive had some run ins with some very very very stubborn mousers, so I try to stick to rats as much as possible. Balls have never been too much of a pain but my some of my carpets have. Try getting a 6 foot female carpet up to breeding weight on adult mice.... not a fun experience. Tough love was not helpful at all with her, she just didnt eat for 6 months.
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Re: Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
I try rat fuzzies first and if they don't take them, then I do hopper mice for a couple feedings. Haven't had any issues with them switching over after that.
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0.1 Wife
3.1 Kids
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1.0 Lesser Pied, 1.0 VPI Snow, 1.0 Super Pastel Mojave, 1.1 Albino het VPI Axanthic G-Stripe, 1.0 Albino Black Pastel, 2.2 Triple het VPI Axanthic/Albino/Pied, 1.1 Triple het VPI Axanthic/Albino/G-Stripe, 0.1 Pastel BEL(Mojave/Lesser), 0.1 Sterling Mojave, 0.2 Pied, 0.2 Kingpin het Pied, 0.1 Cinnamon Lesser het Pied, 0.2 Clown, 0.1 Citrus Pewter Calico, 0.1 Pastel Mystic, 0.1 Mystic, 0.2 Cinnapin, 0.1 VPI Axanthic G-Stripe, 0.1 G-Stripe het Albino, 0.1 G-Stripe, 0.1 Pewter, 0.1 Lesser, 0.2 Spider ph Pied, 0.1 Spotnose ph Pied, 0.1 Spinner, 0.1 Black Pastel, 0.1 Normal
Other:
1.0 Husky
0.1 Husky/Lab
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Re: Start baby snakes on rats or mice?
Had a few stubborn mouse feeders. Scenting the rats with mice is the trick to success here.
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