Breeding rats

[exwizard]

Very cool. They will enjoy their new digs very much. Remember, if youre going to feed live, one key to make it safer for your snakes is to keep the rats pet tame. While the risk isnt eliminated, it is significantly reduced.

[Skits]

I wasn't planning on feeding live, after thinking about it, would it be quicker for the mice to die that way rather than gassing? I doubt it but it was still a thought that came across my mind.

[exwizard]

Gassing is quicker. No doubt about that.

As far as feeding live is concerned, everyone on this forum knows I feed live. Ive explained the reasoning behind this in a number of threads but since you are new I will do it again. I know the risks but for me, its much more convenient since I have 16 snakes to feed and a stock already that I can just dip into. Feeding sessions are NEVER unsupervised and I do have a set of tongs just in case. My snakes all prefer live anyway. This isnt for everybody and most people here disagree with feeding live and thats ok. I know f/t or freshly killed is much safer for the snakes than live, pet tame or not, because that risk is eliminated to zero. I only brought it up because keeping the feeders pet tame does significantly reduce that risk if you do decide to feed live.

[Skits]

I'll most likely stick to feeding f/t, mostly because I wouldn't be able to feed a live adult mouse/rat, which is weird because I think I would be capable of feeding a live pinky or hopper. But if I ever have to feed live for whatever reason, I would definitely take the precautions, thanks

[Snakefood]

well a females cycle is 5 days, so within 7 days of the 2 being together, she will be pregnant. gestation is 19-21 days and then another 4 weeks until they are weaned.