Quail chicks for Rainbow?

[Hamsnacks]

A very tired rainbow.

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Hi Skyrivers, awesome pictures.

Are your quail a replacement for rats/mice? Is that all you feed her? If so have you found the same results as a snake fed just rats?

Thanks

[Skyrivers]

Hi Skyrivers, awesome pictures.

Are your quail a replacement for rats/mice? Is that all you feed her? If so have you found the same results as a snake fed just rats?

Thanks

Was a treat not only food source.

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[Hamsnacks]

Was a treat not only food source.

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So you do rats and then every so often as a treat quail.
Good to hear, want to do the same thing but wanted to hear if others were successful going back and forth like that.

Thanks a lot!
Really cool pictures

[Gio]

Rats, quail, chicken, rabbits, or anything adding variety to the diet is good.

Retics and other pythons handle many prey items well. Boas do too but I'd skip anything extremely fatty with boas.

I feed Wallce (retic- SD x dwarf) large quail every third feeding.

And yes clip the beak!

[Skyrivers]

Rats, quail, chicken, rabbits, or anything adding variety to the diet is good.

Retics and other pythons handle many prey items well. Boas do too but I'd skip anything extremely fatty with boas.

I feed Wallce (retic- SD x dwarf) large quail every third feeding.

And yes clip the beak!

Agreed.

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[Sauzo]

I do guinea pigs for the retic too. Not for the boas though. Caesar went ballistic when he got his first guinea pig....but then again, Caesar goes ballistic for anything he can eat lol.

[Skyrivers]

I do guinea pigs for the retic too. Not for the boas though. Caesar went ballistic when he got his first guinea pig....but then again, Caesar goes ballistic for anything he can eat lol.

She struck at it so hard she rattled her entire enclosure.

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[Sauzo]

She struck at it so hard she rattled her entire enclosure.

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Welcome to retics. Wait until she gets big and does that. It's quite a sight seeing Caesar or Rosey shoot out for food. Honestly, I'm not that thrilled about feeding day for the big ones as its kind of stressful haha. I spend most of the time trying to slowly slide the door open opposite the side they are on and then shove the food in there on big BBQ tongs haha. I have had Caesar literally shoot out about 2 feet with mouth open out an open door to get a guinea pig that i hadnt even put in yet. I jumped back, fell over a chair but still had the tongs in my hand with the guinea pig on the end of it lol.

The little ones are so cute to feed as they are like a mini version of the big guys but i can hold the rat tail and basically hold a little snake ball in the air haha.....until the mouse/rat tail skin slides off.

Oh and i almost had Vicky get me 2 times in a row now. She is 6 feet. She has been extra hungry the past couple months and the second a door is slid open if she smells food and she is lunging lol. She is in shed now which might explain it. Cant wait to see her after shed.

It's amazing how they can go from lazy lounge snakes that are puppy dog tame to a psycho open mouth lunging maniac in a second lol.

[Skyrivers]

Welcome to retics. Wait until she gets big and does that. It's quite a sight seeing Caesar or Rosey shoot out for food. Honestly, I'm not that thrilled about feeding day for the big ones as its kind of stressful haha. I spend most of the time trying to slowly slide the door open opposite the side they are on and then shove the food in there on big BBQ tongs haha. I have had Caesar literally shoot out about 2 feet with mouth open out an open door to get a guinea pig that i hadnt even put in yet. I jumped back, fell over a chair but still had the tongs in my hand with the guinea pig on the end of it lol.

The little ones are so cute to feed as they are like a mini version of the big guys but i can hold the rat tail and basically hold a little snake ball in the air haha.....until the mouse/rat tail skin slides off.

I work hard in her conditioning now. She is removed for handling and I have someone else place food in her enclosure. When she returns to it she looks for food now even on days I don't feed. Not sure if I'd the right way when she is older but works great for now.

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[jmcrook]

Welcome to retics. Wait until she gets big and does that. It's quite a sight seeing Caesar or Rosey shoot out for food. Honestly, I'm not that thrilled about feeding day for the big ones as its kind of stressful haha. I spend most of the time trying to slowly slide the door open opposite the side they are on and then shove the food in there on big BBQ tongs haha. I have had Caesar literally shoot out about 2 feet with mouth open out an open door to get a guinea pig that i hadnt even put in yet. I jumped back, fell over a chair but still had the tongs in my hand with the guinea pig on the end of it lol.

The little ones are so cute to feed as they are like a mini version of the big guys but i can hold the rat tail and basically hold a little snake ball in the air haha.....until the mouse/rat tail skin slides off.

Oh and i almost had Vicky get me 2 times in a row now. She is 6 feet. She has been extra hungry the past couple months and the second a door is slid open if she smells food and she is lunging lol. She is in shed now which might explain it. Cant wait to see her after shed.

For real dude. This is why I feed Phyllis and Gerald with 40” tongs. They are STUPIDLY foody. When Phyllis misses she can come close to 3’ out of the cage and it’s no joke. I open her door with a hook, rodent on tongs in the other hand and then have to go two hands on the tongs and brace for impact. It’s seriously impressive how hard and fast she strikes. Shakes the whole cage stack.
And Gerald just lunge/flails with his mouth open in the direction of anything that smells like rodents hahah. Spring loaded muscle with teeth


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