ANOTHER feeding question

[Reptilegal]

So, there is NO WAY mum will have rats in her freezer and there is no way I'm allowed to buy a freezer for myself. I need to feed my python large rats now but they 28 bucks each!:suspicious::O_o: I'm giving him quail more than rats cos of the price of the rat,BUT, would it be ok to buy 3 small rats for 20 buks and just give him all 3 instead of just one large rat? The 3 small rats combined would be just as big as the large rat, but would it be a good idea? Oh and iv searched around for rat breeders and I can't find any nearby:pissedoff:

[Wama]

If you have a garage buy a mini freezer and put it in there. Doesn't really matter about pray size, as long as it's enough for his size......

[Reptilegal]

If you have a garage buy a mini freezer and put it in there. Doesn't really matter about pray size, as long as it's enough for his size......

I'm not allowed to get a freezer

[Jay]

You shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats then, selfish in my books.

[Lankyrob]

I will always feed one proper sized prey rather than multiple smaller prey to my snakes :)

[Reptilegal]

You shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats then, selfish in my books.

How the heck am I being selfish??
Being selfish would be NOT giving him ANY rats, but I am forking over my money to keep him healthy but I was just CHECKING to see if there was a cheaper but also safe option! I shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats?? Well I couldn't find one that eats bananas!:suspicious::unhappy:

[Jay]

You should wait until you have a place of your own. Yes correct " you shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats, since your mom won't allow you to keep the appropriate sized meals and you're not willing to fork out money to feed your snake. It sounds like you got the snake on a whim and now your stuck.

[GarterPython]

^Sorry to say but I agree. You should have thought of arrangements before you got it.

[Fredricks]

What you need to do is sit down with your mother and have an adult conversation. She needs to realize that what you bought cannot eat Dog food, and that to properly care for it, you need to feed it accordingly
Can I ask how old you are?

[Reptilegal]

You should wait until you have a place of your own. Yes correct " you shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats, since your mom won't allow you to keep the appropriate sized meals and you're not willing to fork out money to feed your snake. It sounds like you got the snake on a whim and now your stuck.

I am not STUCK! if there is NO other option I WILL and DO pay for the rats but I was just CHECKING to see if there was a cheaper option! I am not poor but I'm not rich either! If ur kid urgently needed medication and it was expensive, u pay for it but in the meantime u check to to see if there is a cheaper option that is still ok for the kid and if not u just keep paying!! Anyone would do that! But a selfish person would buy th cheaper option withought caring about if it was still as good! oh and I have just bought him an expensive outdoor enclosure that is being shipped up from Victoria, I checked around to see if there are cheaper ones that are closer by and there were but none of them were as big,long and perfect enough for a diamond python so I spent the money to give him the best!!

[Brently]

How the heck am I being selfish??
Being selfish would be NOT giving him ANY rats, but I am forking over my money to keep him healthy but I was just CHECKING to see if there was a cheaper but also safe option! I shouldn't have bought a snake that eats rats?? Well I couldn't find one that eats bananas!:suspicious::unhappy:
Ha ha ha. Bannanas!

Look man I am sure that there is a solution here. Why not try explaining to your mother that if you could buy a small freezer for cheap that wouldn't effect your electric bill that much, and compare how much money you would save buying rats in bulk vice individual at feed times.

If that absolutely won't work then try to make friends with someone who has a rat colony. You help them buy buying the food and they hopefully will help you by giving you some rats here and there.

[Jay]

What you need to do is talk to your mom and see if you can work somthing out. If you cannot come to an agreement, maybe get a good paying job and buy the rats, this Hobys not cheap but $28 for 1 rat is insane. This all should have been thought of before bringing the snake home. Did you not know it ate lg rats?

[Reptilegal]

What you need to do is sit down with your mother and have an adult conversation. She needs to realize that what you bought cannot eat Dog food, and that to properly care for it, you need to feed it accordingly
Can I ask how old you are?

This is all very confusing. I'm 21. What I am saying is: I CAN buy rats for him, I'm allowed to! But I can't buy in bulk cos mum does NOT want them in her freezer and I can't buy my own freezer cos of electricity prices. I offered to pay more board but she said no. So when I need to feed him a rat I have to buy SINGLE which is pretty expensive, but I was just ASKING if their was a CHEAPER but still ok for my snake option. But if there ISN'T really a cheaper option, then I am just going to keep buying him SINGLES which I can easily do no real problems. From what I am hearing, there is no real other option so I WILL keep buying him LARGE rats, so this is how I feed him, 1 medium quail- wait 2 weeks, another medium quail-wait 2 weeks,1 large rat-wait 3 1/2 weeks, 1 medium quail-wait 2 weeks etc.

[Reptilegal]

What you need to do is talk to your mom and see if you can work somthing out. If you cannot come to an agreement, maybe get a good paying job and buy the rats, this Hobys not cheap but $28 for 1 rat is insane. This all should have been thought of before bringing the snake home. Did you not know it ate lg rats?

I DO buy the rats, I buy all the things he needs, I was told by his breeder he can eat large rats but just go with medium rats, I did not know that medium rats came in packs of 3 but mum said she will see if she can keep them in the freezer so I bought them and gave him one and as I was walking to the fridge she was hyperventilating and I had just opened the freezer and she yelled "stop! I can't do this, I will faint!" so I rang the breeder up and said can I just give him large rats and he say yes but also give him quail so he won't get bored with just rats and mum said she's fine with quail in the fridge. Mum just is terrified of rodents and does not want them near her food or alive on the property (though we do cos were on a farm) but she is ok with me buying one when he needs it

[Jay]

Gross I'd rather py the $28 then clean quail.

[Reptilegal]

Gross I'd rather py the $28 then clean quail.

What do u mean gross?? That's what he eats . You are really confusing me!:pissedoff: What do u mean clean quail? Taking the feathers off? They eat birds in the wild feathers and all!

[Reptilegal]

Ha ha ha. Bannanas!

Look man I am sure that there is a solution here. Why not try explaining to your mother that if you could buy a small freezer for cheap that wouldn't effect your electric bill that much, and compare how much money you would save buying rats in bulk vice individual at feed times.

If that absolutely won't work then try to make friends with someone who has a rat colony. You help them buy buying the food and they hopefully will help you by giving you some rats here and there.Lol:D I did explain to mum bout how the freezer won't take up much electricity etc but it's no use :( mums pretty set in her ways which is kewl. I will keep looking for ppl with rat colonies or a rat breeder but its not 'crucial'. Like most ppl said $28 is ridiculous for 1 rat but that's pet stores for ya I guess:O_o:;)

[Gungirl]

What do u mean gross?? That's what he eats . You are really confusing me!:pissedoff: What do u mean clean quail? Taking the feathers off? They eat birds in the wild feathers and all!

That was referring to cleaning up the poop the snake leaves you after it eats Quail. The poo is much worse after eating something like that rather than eating rats.

[DeesBalls]

This is a long shot... but maybe the pet store can work something out with you. the local pet shot i go to will always hold 400 crickets, and bunch of pinkies/rat pups back for me. and i know they also save around 1000 feeder fish for some guy who has a bunch of big fish.. i am a regular there though too, i just can walk in, go to the cooler and they usually have my "stock" in the corner of the freezer...

it can never hurt to ask the pet store if they can sell in bulk?
if you can keep your stuff there?
maybe pay a fee for the room in the freezer?

i didnt see in the thread that you talked to the pet store about this, but it was just a thought....

[Reptilegal]

That was referring to cleaning up the poop the snake leaves you after it eats Quail. The poo is much worse after eating something like that rather than eating rats.

Yea I heard about that, but the first time he pooped with me was 2 days ago and he was on the trampoline getting some sun and he moved down onto the grass and pooped, so it's going fine so far, and I won't mind having to clean his poop etc, I work in a retirement village so I deal with smelly poops all day!:laugh:

[Reptilegal]

This is a long shot... but maybe the pet store can work something out with you. the local pet shot i go to will always hold 400 crickets, and bunch of pinkies/rat pups back for me. and i know they also save around 1000 feeder fish for some guy who has a bunch of big fish.. i am a regular there though too, i just can walk in, go to the cooler and they usually have my "stock" in the corner of the freezer...

it can never hurt to ask the pet store if they can sell in bulk?
if you can keep your stuff there?
maybe pay a fee for the room in the freezer?

i didnt see in the thread that you talked to the pet store about this, but it was just a thought....

I did think of that! Iv already asked one pet store if I can do that and the girl looked at me like I was weird and shook her head :suspicious: but their quails were gross anyway, when they thawed out they stunk! So I don't think they were frozen properly, but iv got another pet store I will ask and iv been going there for ages so hopefully they say yes! If I buy 10 large rats I will offer them $10 extra, sound good? Or offer a bit more?

[DeesBalls]

I did think of that! Iv already asked one pet store if I can do that and the girl looked at me like I was weird and shook her head :suspicious: but their quails were gross anyway, when they thawed out they stunk! So I don't think they were frozen properly, but iv got another pet store I will ask and iv been going there for ages so hopefully they say yes! If I buy 10 large rats I will offer them $10 extra, sound good? Or offer a bit more?

it never, never hurts to try, the worst thing they can do is say "no" ...


do they make battery operated freezers??? that wouldnt hurt your electricity then

[Reptilegal]

[QUOTE=DeEuGi;737595]it never, never hurts to try, the worst thing they can do is say "no" ...


do they make battery operated freezers??? that wouldnt hurt your electricity then[/QUOTE
I will give it a shot!;)
I'm not sure if they make battery operated freezers.. It would be cool if they did though! Might have to check that out!;)

[Reptilegal]

[QUOTE=DeEuGi;737595]it never, never hurts to try, the worst thing they can do is say "no" ...


do they make battery operated freezers??? that wouldnt hurt your electricity then[/QUOTE
I will give it a shot!;)
I'm not sure if they make battery operated freezers.. It would be cool if they did though! Might have to check that out!;)

They do! I just checked! And theyr just the size I need! Iv gotta wait till morn to ask mum though, but I'm sure she will give in with this one!!:laugh:

[Reptilegal]

[QUOTE=Reptilegal;737596]

They do! I just checked! And theyr just the size I need! Iv gotta wait till morn to ask mum though, but I'm sure she will give in with this one!!:laugh:

Oh my goodness me, theyr over $1,000!:sad: I think I should go back to plan B, ask the pet store if I can keep the rats there :o

[Lankyrob]

Are you friendly with any neighbours? Could you put a freezer in their garage and then pay them whatever the elextric cost is?

[Reptilegal]

Are you friendly with any neighbours? Could you put a freezer in their garage and then pay them whatever the elextric cost is?

Yea we are close to our neighbors, we even let them ride our horse whenever they want so I'm sure that they should be able to do me a favor!:smug:

[GarterPython]

Also if that doesn't work you could just tell your mom that if you got a freezer you would pay for the extra on the electricity bill.

[Reptilegal]

Also if that doesn't work you could just tell your mom that if you got a freezer you would pay for the extra on the electricity bill.

I already have offered her that, even offered to pay $50 more board but To no avail :(

[GarterPython]

So what your saying is that she is just using the electrisity bill as an exuse. She just doesn't want them in the house.

[Reptilegal]

So what your saying is that she is just using the electrisity bill as an exuse. She just doesn't want them in the house.

Yea,Id say that's the case, I said I can put the freezer in the garage or shed but she said no! But hey, I'm proud of her that she is even letting me feed him rats seeing as she has such a fear of them!:3eyes: