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Old 10-30-03, 09:52 PM   #1
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Rats do make a world of difference...

Well, Cain is eating his 6th rat as I type this note and you'd be amazed at how quickly he's growing....he's shed twice in the past month, and he's probably gotten about 2-1/2 to 3 inches longer in the past 6 weeks. He's not obese in the slightest, so I wouldn't consider it "power" feeding....I just have to believe what everyone says about them being more nutritious...

Good luck to anyone trying to switch over...and if it doesn't work the first time (I was one of the lucky ones), keep trying!

There's nothing like a big FAT snake to be proud of...

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Old 10-30-03, 10:03 PM   #2
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not more nutritious, just more.
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Old 10-30-03, 10:29 PM   #3
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actually i think they are more nutritious, i was feeding 40g mice, and switched to 40g rats, and my snake almost exploded she was groin so fast!
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I have to agree. When we moved back to kansas my male was about MAYBE 2ft, we switched my male bp from adult mice to small rats.......and within about 6 months he's has grown about 1.5-2 ft longer than what he was..(and weighs about 3 pounds)....gotta be more nutrious *sp* for him.
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Old 10-31-03, 01:12 AM   #5
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Morph, DEFINITELY more nutritious.
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Old 10-31-03, 01:35 AM   #6
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Has anyone seen a nutritional breakdown of both to determine pound for pound which is more nutritious?

Some of my BP's won't touch rats and that's fine with me. I have one who pounds back F/T mice and she has grown quite nicely (300 to 1600 grams in 10 months).

Maybe rats are higher in fat? Kinda like mealworms for Leo's. Who know's, first we need someone to do the nutrtional breakdown and then we need to determine the nutrtional requirements of BP's.
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Hey mykee i am not attacking just wondering what makes you positive they are more nutritious. I mean I have def. seen huge growth in my rat eaters but what makes you think it isn't just meal size as I have females that will eat at least 15 large mice in a week and the pack on the weight I mean pack it on so too me it looks more like a portion thing
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I had planned on asking if anyone has seen actual comparative analysis between rats and mice. The results of feeding rats can't be argued over but is it the actual meal size or a quality difference? I mean rats and mice are so similar except for the size diffference.
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Less hair. Mouse hair doesn't make snakes grow. Rat protein and rat innards and rat fat do.
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Old 10-31-03, 07:54 AM   #10
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Reptyle,

Download this pdf, it should answer your question.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/zoo/Who...nal02May29.pdf
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Very cool, Thanks for the link Edwin! Interesting reading.
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Re: ...

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Less hair. Mouse hair doesn't make snakes grow. Rat protein and rat innards and rat fat do.
Don't forget also that gram for gram, rats have way more bone structure and thus more calcium. Calcium isn't just good for growing human children.
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Old 10-31-03, 01:12 PM   #13
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LOL! You should do commercials Invictus!! LOL!!
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Boy, I'm glad I started this thread...

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Old 10-31-03, 01:18 PM   #15
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Well then my mouse eaters must have thyroid problems cause they are growin like a mother.
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