Being fair about PetSmart (and buying your ball python from them)

[m3gz]

Well, other than that inhaling the fumes and such from wood chips shortens their life spans by quite a bit, that they can chew and sometimes choke on them, that they get splinters, which can get infected if theyre stubborn little butts about it, absolutely nothing .-.

[predatorkeeper87]

Well, other than that inhaling the fumes and such from wood chips shortens their life spans by quite a bit, that they can chew and sometimes choke on them, that they get splinters, which can get infected if theyre stubborn little butts about it, absolutely nothing .-.

You are thinking of cedar and non-kiln dried pine. Aspen is completely fine for the little furry punks. If Deborah chimes in shes been keeping her breeding stock on kiln dried pine for many many years.

the aspen I use has never given me a spinter, I run my hands through it daily. As for chewing on it...I've never seen them do that, but I give them plenty of sticks, veggies and fruits to occupy them.

[m3gz]

well if it works for you i guess .-. never seen it end well otherwise. always ends up with some kind of lung infection

[predatorkeeper87]

well if it works for you i guess .-. never seen it end well otherwise. always ends up with some kind of lung infection

If my rats start keeling over shortly I'll let you know haha. I'm more concerned about the pair of females that had 30 freakin' babies and now I have to start culling/selling all these dang youngin's haha. My other pair did great, only 20 haha that was manageable. the other 10 make a tub so much smaller lol

[m3gz]

Gonna take a wild guess and say you sell as feeders @~@

[predatorkeeper87]

Gonna take a wild guess and say you sell as feeders @~@

little bit of this, little bit of that haha. I mostly breed for my own snakes, so much cheaper in the long run when I can have 50 rats in the freezer ready to roll after 1.5 months. I do sell live same sex pairs to people who want well cared for rats as pets, but its mostly my snakes' food source and as I grow the operation into producing 150/week roughly it will be a feeder business on the side.

[m3gz]

annnnnd one of the aspects of snake ownership im not looking forward to x.x i love rats and mice.

[Craiga 01453]

annnnnd one of the aspects of snake ownership im not looking forward to x.x i love rats and mice.

Was my least favorite part at first too. It gets easier. Then it just becomes routine, as if it's any other meal for any other animal. But still fascinating to watch!

[predatorkeeper87]

annnnnd one of the aspects of snake ownership im not looking forward to x.x i love rats and mice.

oh me too, but you have to, I repeat, HAVE TO separate the two loves in your mind. I love my snakes, and I love my breeding rats, but I cannot get attached to any of the youngin's. My one breeder male, Benny, waits for me to open the tub so he can practically fly out and run to the top of the rack and play tag with me lol.

[m3gz]

I'm going to have to mentally convince myself im preparing and giving them a piece of chicken. Not even joking.