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Old 09-30-04, 03:44 PM   #1
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Thumbs up Ah rats. Hold back growth rate.

BPF7 was born on the 19/07/04 and weighed 63g. Not big for a hatchling ball.
She ate one fuzzy mouse and 5 fuzzy rats since 03/08/04 Six meals since the 3rd of Aug isn't exactly power feeding and still she has doubled her weigh since birth.
Today as you can see she weighs 141g.

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Old 09-30-04, 04:02 PM   #2
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very nice looking ball! is it norm?
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Old 09-30-04, 04:58 PM   #3
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Thanks. 50% poss het for albino.
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Old 09-30-04, 05:00 PM   #4
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Trevor, Nice looking girl. I've got a female holdback ball that was born 07.11.04 and is almost 375g. She'll eat a 35g hopper rat every three days if she could (almost does).
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Old 09-30-04, 05:52 PM   #5
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Holly smokes Mykee! I'm going to bump her up to every 5 days but every 3 days, man I don't even do that with my corns.lol
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Old 09-30-04, 07:53 PM   #6
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Baby or adult; if they'll eat, I'll feed 'em. Though if it continues at this rate, I'm hoping my own common sense kicks..
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looks awesome Trevor. She makes my male born just before that look like a hobbit! And I feed the heck out of him!

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Old 10-01-04, 04:15 AM   #8
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hoping my own common sense kicks..
I wish people on this site would stop using words I'm not familiar with.lol
Mykee can you imagine how big I would be if I ate everytime I was hungry? I guess my point is that maybe just because they will eat doesn't mean they should eat.
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Old 10-01-04, 06:45 AM   #9
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I don't have a scale but I got two babies from Cranwill and they have exploded in size. I got them in june and they have probably quadrupled in size since. Every 5 days.
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Old 10-01-04, 07:36 AM   #10
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I she one of the ones you will have for sale Trevor?
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Old 10-01-04, 10:58 AM   #11
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Trevor, I'm with Mykee on this. Every 3-5 days is ok, in my opinion, as long as the meal size is adjusted accordingly. But I don't think a bp would eat until they burst or anything.

One phrase that kind of sums up a little bp raising secret is "<i>Strike while the iron's hot</i>". Sneak every meal possible into them while they will take it.


mark129er, I'm glad to hear they are doing well! Any luck with that BB yet?
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Old 10-01-04, 01:08 PM   #12
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She looks like she is in need of more food!

I think Timny has a good point there.

Good luck with her, she is very nice!
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Old 10-01-04, 01:42 PM   #13
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There is no denying that we should feed them while they will eat. Because in balls your window can be short. I think one thing to remember to is we are talking about neonates and not full grown male adults. There is a difference. We can feed growing babies this way but I would argue against it for adults. I don't think I'll go any less than 5 just the same.

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This is a hold back. I do have two of her brothers for sale though. PM me for details if you're interested.
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Old 10-01-04, 03:06 PM   #14
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Just thought I'd throw up a pic of this little fatty. Note her body is in good relation to her head, and she looks chunky, just like a well-fed baby should. First pic is of her being weighed, and second pic is of her next to one of my het albino females who is 2 weeks younger, a decent eater on fuzzy rats, and 127g. Note, her siblings (DOB 07.11.04) weigh 254g, 273g, 358g and 425g respectively.


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Old 10-01-04, 05:03 PM   #15
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Holly smokes mykee! I'm going to thaw out some feeders right now. I'm not joking either!
Nice pics man,
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