Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
Rich, I know that Adam feeds his adults small/small rats (between 40-50 grams each) and his snakes eat year round (over 200 snakes).


I feed 2 mice a week, but once my rats get to producing enough to sustain my collection - I'll be small/small rats each week for the adults and rat fuzzies and pups for the rest.

I also experience no fasts in the winter with all 15 of mine.

What classifies an adult? I never really paid any thought to it. 2+ years or sexual maturity? I have a feeling they've been overfed a bit. Sometimes the small rats I had were in the 90g range, pretty sure I ended throwing out most of those though. Well see what happens tonight I guess. Gonna offer the whole gang some rat pups see if it sparks anything up.

Thanks Robin

Edit: Adam's one liners about trouble feeders is what made me go crazy trying to get all my husbandry on point. It makes sense that they should feed year round unless you induce them into breed mode.