Quote Originally Posted by PigsnPythons View Post
Like Emily said, we didn't mean for our post to be taken as hard scientific fact. We just thought that it might bring up some interesting discussion, which it mostly has done. To you mouse-feeders, there really is no need to get defensive. I mean its not like we posted a thread titled "Mice Will Make Your Snakes Shrink! Don't Feed Them!" We just related our experience with feeding mice vs. rats. Thanks again for all of the replies and discussion!
Quote Originally Posted by PythonChick
but I find it strange that ALL of her snakes would have hit their growth spurts while NONE of mine have. Being that there are so many experienced keepers on this board, I was only looking for some opinions on why this might be, and trying to present the facts as they happened/ as we recorded them.
Well, if you didn't mean to make it sound like fact, you sure are arguing it that way. Can't expect the mousers here to not have some sort of rebuttal. I agree it was a neat trend, but as many have said, including me, the small bit of evidence is VERY unreliable, esp when there are so many people out there like Becky that feed primarily mice with some fat butt snakes.

I think in this case the amount of food was more to blame as the cause than anything else, but I wasn't there so I can't be for sure.

If you do someday breed some animals and can control all of your settings, I think this would be an excellent experiment. Just don't expect anyone to put much credence into it now.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.