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View Poll Results: What do you feed YOUR snakes: Mice or Rats

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    36 27.27%
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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    Rats...but I'm starting to breed ASFs so hopefully rats and asfs in the near future.

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    Talking Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    I feed mice due to her size. I have a female Fireball Morph named Mila who's 21" and 138g. She eats four frozen-thawed fuzzy mice a week (2 every three-four days).

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    Quote Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
    Mice, they breed like crazy and I never get attached to them( Rats make great pets!)
    Precisely what I was going to say!

    But, I feed mice because of the above reasons, as well as the fact that 4 out of my 6 snakes are corns and never really need anything bigger than mice. Also, there is the space issue: mice take up a lot less room than rats.
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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    Rats are much more pleasant to handle than mice and can take a wider range of temps. Thats all I breed. The only time I use mice hoppers is to get hatchlings to feed if they dont take rat pinks.

    I like rat pups for problem feeders because they pose no threat to snake and can be left with them for long periods if need be.

    mice can be horribly canibilistic, gross little creatures if you ask me.

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    just switched to rats....
    Stephanie


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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    I always prefer to feed rats, but I have a few that only eat mice.

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    Both. I feed my ball and blood rats while my dumeril's gets mice.

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    I have one male spider that will only hit mice...other than that...all rats.

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    I feed only rats . Mice are just stinkin nasty and less nutricious than rats. Rats are the way to go if you can find them in the right size you need .

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    Re: Mice or Rats... what do YOU feed

    Quote Originally Posted by drugaria View Post
    I feed only rats . Mice are just stinkin nasty and less nutricious than rats. Rats are the way to go if you can find them in the right size you need .
    Sorry, wrong. Weight vs weight, mice and rats are the same thing. You may have to feed 2 adult mice to equal one small rat, but if the snake is eating on a consistent basis and is growing, then who cares what it eats.

    All 45 of mine eat mice and they do quite well for themselves.
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