rats or mice?

[BaLLPAddICT]

hey, i was just wondering what your snakes prefer for food and what you actually feed them.. maybe something different because of convienience, price, or what you breed or not.. thanks

[Stewart_Reptiles]

hey, i was just wondering what your snakes prefer for food and what you actually feed them.. maybe something different because of convienience, price, or what you breed or not.. thanks

7 out of 8 have switch to rats 1 is a mouser.
I feed F/T for the convinience of having the right size always available when needed.
I have ordered bulk until now, I will start breeding rodents very soon, just because I want to provide my BP with quality feeders and right now I can manage it as I only have a small BP collection I won't need to breed that many rodents.
In the future rodent breeding likely only be for hatchlings as my BP collection will grow.

[mlededee]

all of my snakes eat rats. i had one that would only eat mice when i got her, but for the sake of convenience i switched her to rats. she was easy--i just scented the rat with mouse bedding for 3-4 feedings and she was convinced. if she hadn't wanted to switch i'd have just kept her on mice though, because in the end it is more about what the snake prefers and will eat.

[recycling goddess]

i just switched dexter my 18 month old ball to ratties. i have my boas eating rats or mice depending on what's available.

my corns are one mice or rats depending on what i am feeding them.

[monk90222]

I breed rats and mice. My BPs usually get rats, but if I don't have any (either still too big or small) they get a few adult mice.

[TekWarren]

African soft-furred rats here!

[bigballs]

oooo high class meals here....

[bigballs]

hey but does anyone know the difference in nutritional value between rats and mice??

[Stewart_Reptiles]

hey but does anyone know the difference in nutritional value between rats and mice??

http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_03.asp

However their is no study on BP's nutritional needs.

[Adam_Wysocki]

I have some snakes that eat mice but the majority eat rats ... it really doesn't matter as long as they are eating, they're good to go.

-adam