YES!!! and no...

[Beardedragon]

After loosing all hope of getting my black pastel to eat(... the whole full one week ive had her) she ate! I cant tell you how happy I was to not see her dinner in a corner, I lifted up her hide and shes eating it! Now its time to get some weight on this skinny girl

Bad news is that it is a mouse... prey that I get her on rats!!

ahh, never knew something so simple could make one so happy

[starmom]

Yeah, I have a hypo girl who has been a real challenge to get to eat. Becky (satanicintention) suggested feeding live mice and ever since she has been a bang-on once a week eater

I am hoping to switch her over to f/t rats but it will be a while; I want to be certain that she has gotten a fierce feeding response and a lot of weight on her

[Beardedragon]

hmm, I wonder if she just likes albinos? I'll try an albino rat the next time I produce one, but its mice for now

[SatanicIntention]

I'll tell some of my 2000g+ girls that mice just aren't doing it for them

Just feed her what she wants to eat, who cares as long as she's eating and gaining weight.

Gram for gram, mice and rats are the same thing and will(in my limited 4 years of experience) provide the same opportunity for growth. It also depends on the snake and how fast he/she is predetermined to grow. 2-25g mice are the same as a 50g rat. My adult girls (1500g+) get 3-4 mice every 7-10 days. Girls under that get 2-3, adult males get 2(maybe a third if they are breeding and need the extra oomph). Babies get 1-2 depending on their size.

So believe me, she'll do JUST fine on mice if that's what she wants to eat

[Spaniard]

I can tell you that trying to switch from live mice to F/T was nearly impossible for me. I tried tough love for 6 weeks maybe longer and then I just gave in. She eats 2-4 mice per sitting and is gaining weight great now. She's my only live eater but its an inconvinience I'm happy to deal as long as she's healthy and growing.

[Beardedragon]

I'll tell some of my 2000g+ girls that mice just aren't doing it for them

Just feed her what she wants to eat, who cares as long as she's eating and gaining weight.

Gram for gram, mice and rats are the same thing and will(in my limited 4 years of experience) provide the same opportunity for growth. It also depends on the snake and how fast he/she is predetermined to grow. 2-25g mice are the same as a 50g rat. My adult girls (1500g+) get 3-4 mice every 7-10 days. Girls under that get 2-3, adult males get 2(maybe a third if they are breeding and need the extra oomph). Babies get 1-2 depending on their size.

So believe me, she'll do JUST fine on mice if that's what she wants to eat

Lesser has been on mice most of his life and has grow great. Im not saying mice are not the same or bad in any way but I JUST got rid of my mouse colony about a month ago Thought I was away from them for a while! weekly petstore visits it is to pick up 2 or three mice.