Ready to Rumble - Page 2

**EL Ziggy** · 06-18-17, 12:57 PM

Thanks y'all. You're so right about the outside pics Blaze. I'm just paranoid some hawk or other bird of prey might make a meal of my little ones.

**EL Ziggy** · 06-18-17, 08:46 PM

@ BSG- You're probably right. I shouldn't throw in the towel just yet. I was scenting her rats in the beginning and I thought we were past that but obviously not. I'll use the new jumbo mice to scent her rats and see if it makes a difference. It's very frustrating with her eating a little more than half the time. I didn't buy more rat pups with my last order from Perfect Prey which should ship tomorrow so I'll see if I can add those. She was supposed to be on weaners by now which I have a whole pack of. Silly serpent.

**Aaron_S** · 07-06-17, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

@ BSG- You're probably right. I shouldn't throw in the towel just yet. I was scenting her rats in the beginning and I thought we were past that but obviously not. I'll use the new jumbo mice to scent her rats and see if it makes a difference. It's very frustrating with her eating a little more than half the time. I didn't buy more rat pups with my last order from Perfect Prey which should ship tomorrow so I'll see if I can add those. She was supposed to be on weaners by now which I have a whole pack of. Silly serpent.

If you're feeding frozen/thawed do you thaw rats and mice in the same container? I would do that and use some hot water at the end to warm the prey up mixing the scents even further.

trailblazer295 · 07-06-17, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

@ BSG- You're probably right. I shouldn't throw in the towel just yet. I was scenting her rats in the beginning and I thought we were past that but obviously not. I'll use the new jumbo mice to scent her rats and see if it makes a difference. It's very frustrating with her eating a little more than half the time. I didn't buy more rat pups with my last order from Perfect Prey which should ship tomorrow so I'll see if I can add those. She was supposed to be on weaners by now which I have a whole pack of. Silly serpent.

My carpet refused rats half the time to, I'm now experimenting with asfs. I've only fed once so I'll report back later.

toddnbecka · 06-19-17, 01:22 AM

Last week when I was feeding my baby boas their f/t rat pinks I found I was one short. I had also thawed out several small mice in the same tub with the pinks, and offered one to the last baby Dominican. It was taken right from my fingers just the same as a rat pink. (Not all of them are that eager, but more than half usually take it right away.) I thinned out dozens of mice this weekend, and offered some smaller ones that hadn't been frozen yet, hoping they'd take them. No luck, likely because they had fresher mouse scent and hadn't been scented by thawing with rat pinks.

**EL Ziggy** · 07-05-17, 02:21 PM

Nigel weighed 720g two days ago. This boy is growing like a weed.

My Bredli S'ven is up to 700g. He seems to be growing much slower than my other carpets with the exception of the finicky eating ablino.

dave himself · 07-05-17, 02:49 PM

Nigel makes me want another snake

, how much did he weigh when you first got him mate

**EL Ziggy** · 07-05-17, 03:02 PM

@ Dave- He was 141g when I got him on 1/4/17. So he's gained just about 580g in 6 months. I think he'll be moving into his adult enclosure sooner than expected.

dave himself · 07-05-17, 03:34 PM

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@ Dave- He was 141g when I got him on 1/4/17. So he's gained just about 580g in 6 months. I think he'll be moving into his adult enclosure sooner than expected.

Flip me he is growing like a weed

and I hope you've got the adult viv ready now

dave himself · 07-05-17, 03:45 PM

Oh and on the albino have you tried super heating the head and then dipping it in tuna brine. I've had a couple of wee burms here that weren't eating for people and this worked a treat, maybe worth a go

trailblazer295 · 07-05-17, 04:21 PM

Looking good Ziggy, damn Sven is really growing. Mine is like a noodle by comparison ever after a year. I'm hoping new food options will boost her growth.

dannybgoode · 07-06-17, 09:21 AM

Nigel is looking good. Still not weighed mine. Keep meaning to as they too are growing like weeds and it'd be good to have some vague idea of growth rate.

**EL Ziggy** · 07-06-17, 09:26 PM

Yeah guys, this albino girl is giving me the blues. I've tried scenting the rats with mice and chicks to no avail. I'll try the tuna next. She even refused a jumbo mouse about 2 weeks ago. She's got me pretty frustrated. I'm thinking about moving her into a small tub to see if that helps. She's in a 2x2x1 right now. All of my other critters have started in similar sized or larger enclosures. She's in one half of an AP T8 and my Olive is in the other half. Putting her in a small tub means I can get away with buying one enclosure now instead of the two I was planning on. I won't have need another enclosure for at least 6 months. The Olive is right at 3ft. and I want to give him more room to roam. He's far more active than all but one of my carpets and he uses the floor and vertical spaces pretty equally. I'm thinking he'll end up in a 6x2x2, 6x2x3, or 8x2x2.

**Aaron_S** · 07-07-17, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

Yeah guys, this albino girl is giving me the blues. I've tried scenting the rats with mice and chicks to no avail. I'll try the tuna next. She even refused a jumbo mouse about 2 weeks ago. She's got me pretty frustrated. I'm thinking about moving her into a small tub to see if that helps. She's in a 2x2x1 right now. All of my other critters have started in similar sized or larger enclosures. She's in one half of an AP T8 and my Olive is in the other half. Putting her in a small tub means I can get away with buying one enclosure now instead of the two I was planning on. I won't have need another enclosure for at least 6 months. The Olive is right at 3ft. and I want to give him more room to roam. He's far more active than all but one of my carpets and he uses the floor and vertical spaces pretty equally. I'm thinking he'll end up in a 6x2x2, 6x2x3, or 8x2x2.

Old school scenting was chicken broth by campbells. You can try dipping the rats in that.

Also, I'm disappointed in the thread title. Totally thought we were getting something like "Ready to rumble in the jungle". Or "thrilla in Manilla" type of stuff in here... I was sad.

**EL Ziggy** · 07-07-17, 08:47 AM

@ Aaron- I'll try chicken broth too. I just happen to have some at the house. Sorry about the misleading thread title. It's just click bait.