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06-25-15, 01:25 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
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Originally Posted by sophiedufort
Thank you, I think it's a great idea, and I will get started as soon as I can find some gerbils. The reason I want to breed mice, rats or gerbils is that my snakes love live prey, and are very fussy when it comes to frozen/thawed food. I have plenty of space for breeding, even rats, so this is not something that worries me. So, should I start with a male and two females?
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All snakes "love" live prey. They are predators. It's food to them.
If you fed in the enclosure you'd see more interest in f/t prey.
Lastly, for the safety of the animals you should deal with the "fussiness" of them if they will eat frozen thawed. You don't want any missing eyes or injuries.
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06-25-15, 03:19 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
You realize that this is a loosing argument, right Aaron? lol
Also, jeezus. Starting with NINE rodents?! I felt almost overwhelmed with my 3 mice! Good luck with those.
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06-25-15, 03:57 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
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Originally Posted by Minkness
You realize that this is a loosing argument, right Aaron? lol
Also, jeezus. Starting with NINE rodents?! I felt almost overwhelmed with my 3 mice! Good luck with those.
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 I have eight snakes, Minkness. Gotta feed them all, so I need heaps of feeders.
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0.1 Bp (Zoey);0.2 BR boa (Casey, Ally);0.1 Dumeril's (Missy);1.0 Albino bp (Mojo);1.0 Banana bp (Bozo);1.0 het ghost CRT (Dante);0.1 Woma python (Lilou);0.1 Desert bp (Skye);1.0 Pewter bp (Spencer);0.1 Champagne bp (Dumdum);0.1 woma bp (Gracie);0.1 pastel woma bp (Pixie);1.0 Super Pastel bp (Chester);0.1 blood python (Athena);1.1 CA boa (Pepper,Bobbi)
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06-25-15, 04:08 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
I guess. Just make sure you stagger the breeding out a bit so you don't have a huge boom and all the same size.
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06-25-15, 04:57 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
All snakes "love" live prey. They are predators. It's food to them.
If you fed in the enclosure you'd see more interest in f/t prey.
Lastly, for the safety of the animals you should deal with the "fussiness" of them if they will eat frozen thawed. You don't want any missing eyes or injuries.
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yep..........
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06-25-15, 06:54 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
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Originally Posted by Minkness
I guess. Just make sure you stagger the breeding out a bit so you don't have a huge boom and all the same size.
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Just found a guy on Craigslist who sells really cheap live feeders. No more driving 30+ miles. I guess that the gerbils will disappear one by one well before they manage to make babies. It's cheaper to buy from that guy, and a lot less work.
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07-01-15, 09:14 PM
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Re: Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
I generally have good luck with f/t but I've had young snakes that would not eat anything other than live and others whose food strike could only be broken by live food. However, to date all animals have eventually taken f/t and stuck with it.. can be very frustrating because I don't like keeping mice around for one or two picky eaters but what can ya do.
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