The Big Switch

[jotay]

Well I tried a f/t small rat last night w/ Osiris and he took it no problem.
It seemed really big for him and I had to help him get it turned around so he could go at it head first ( silly boy was trying to down it by it's front leg)
But that little jaw opened bigger than I thought.

I just hope he continues on the rats and doesn't become like Ozzy and want only mice.

I was so proud of the little guy. I guess living in a 10 gal tank w/ another 4' bp for months w/ no food or water makes for a bp that aint gonna miss a meal now

Thanks for letting me share!

[Marla]

Hey, congrats! That's great news.

[zennygirl]

congratulations. i know how exciting that is and wanting to share when your friends can't understand why that's great news. i still have friends that i've explained why i feed f/t food to and they stilll will tell me to feed live :roll: some people just don't get it. :?

[Smulkin]

Good deal!

[Freakie_frog]

Great job

[the_mechanic]

I've been thinking of switching over to rats soon.. how big is your snake, and also, I'm not familiar with rat sizes.. how large is a small rat compared to an adult mouse?

[Schlyne]

If you go to www.rodentpro.com They'll have pictures of mice and rats which you can compare.

[jotay]

Osiris is about 28-30" but very skinny.
Being a rescue case, not sure how old he is.
RodentPro has good pics to help w/ sizing.

I got his rat at Petco and there small are about the size of RodentPro's med.
Go Figure!

As for sharing, other than w/ my son no one else around me could care less.
They tolerate my snake dribble cuz they are indeed friends.
To share and be a proud snake mom I only get luv from here.

Thanks Guys.

[hhw]

Congrats on the switch!!!

I finally just got my pastel male to take his first rat tonight (albeit live, but he never took f/t mice either), so I'm now 11/11 on rats.... but only 9/11
on f/t. I've been pretty lucky that I've been able to switch over every one without having to do anything special.

[Marla]

Congrats to you, too, hhw! Do you plan to try to get him on fresh-killed to see if he'll take that for you?