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Snake wont eat a rat.
Snake is 230g and I want to move from mice to rats. It will eat a f/t mouse in a heatbeat. I put a small live pinky rat (15g) in the cage and the snake just checked it out. It has been a week since last meal. She is going into shed but this has not stopped her before. Should I just offer the larger live rat next week or give her a mouse? I am thinking of sticking to my guns and only offering her rats from here on out.
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
Nothing is wrong with feeding mice.. They grow and thrive on them just as well, you just have to feed 2 mice instead of one rat.
If she's eating well on mice, keep feeding them to her. All 42 of mine eat mice, and they are quite happy 
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
gotta say that my mitch is a mouser, every once in a while i can trick him by pre scenting with a mouse but he recently started catchin on and doesnt want nothin to do wit rats
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
Allright, so last night I put the baby rat in there and left him overnight. Either he escaped or got eaten cause now he his gone.
So my snake ate the unsented rat last night. I am gonna stick another one in there today and she if she goes for it right away.
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
 Originally Posted by the bull
Allright, so last night I put the baby rat in there and left him overnight. Either he escaped or got eaten cause now he his gone.
Fortunately the rat didn't eat the snake.
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
Originally Posted by Cop
Fortunately the rat didn't eat the snake.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't baby rats completely harmless???
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
Originally Posted by td30
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't baby rats completely harmless???
Until their eyes open and they grow some chomping teeth, yes they are basically harmless.
Once their eyes open and they can eat hard food, they are no longer harmless and can chew your snake.
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
Originally Posted by td30
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't baby rats completely harmless???
Yep, no fur, cant bite or anything. I put a second one in that day and she ate that one too. So far so good.
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Re: Snake wont eat a rat.
A snake weighing 230g should be eating bigger items than rat pinks. Throw a fat rat pup in there.
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So in order to make things easier for myself, I just feed them both mice. This way everyone is happy!!
