"Naval Rat" ? :S - Page 4

Lankyrob · 05-02-11, 03:47 PM

Gonna go garden centre tomorrow and buy some evergreens for my gtp

thankfully i have rugs available for my jcp

, now what to feed my Super Dwarf Retic.............

mykee · 05-02-11, 09:05 PM

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"thankfully i have rugs available for my jcp "

Hmm, I must be a JCP...

Jay · 05-02-11, 10:02 PM

Haahaha ^ Awesome

whoaxmary · 05-03-11, 03:26 PM

lol, this board gave me some 'lol's while catching up. I took a picture, but can't get it to upload onto my computer. I got a few the size just bigger than rat pups, and a few 'hoppers'. Going to give one of those to my corn , two of the larger ones to my pine, and the smallest of the larger ones to my ball python. . I was a bit concerned about her becoming imprinted on them, but she's a good eater so I think I'll be fine. This is the only meal she'll have of them before I go pick up the normal meals.
I know I really should be feeing them corn and tennies balls, and pine trees, but I just don't have acsess!

whoaxmary · 05-03-11, 03:51 PM

Oh, just after that the camera worked~

If these are 'Natal Rats' maybe Wayne could retitle this thread appropriately, if he see;s this, so anyone else not sure what they are can find it if they search the threads?

stephanbakir · 05-03-11, 04:59 PM

Are the flecks on the larger ones fur?

whoaxmary · 05-04-11, 08:19 AM

It's aspen, or whatever they were living on. When Amy got them for me they were live and I guess she frooze them herself before packing them up for her brother to drive home with. A quick shake with the tongs and it all fell off.

mistersprinkles · 05-04-11, 09:35 AM

You shouldn't be feeding rats anything out of the ordinary for snake food. Just before you kill them you can feed them stuff that'd be beneficial to the snake obviously.. whatever that may be.

Something else that never seems to occur to people is that you could inject a vitamin or nutrient booster of your own concoction using a syringe under the skin on a prekilled rat before feeding.

sickvenom · 05-04-11, 09:58 AM

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Something else that never seems to occur to people is that you could inject a vitamin or nutrient booster of your own concoction using a syringe under the skin on a prekilled rat before feeding.

what kind of 'booster' would you recommend? and how do you know it will be properly absorbed by the subject?

Damion930 · 05-04-11, 10:06 AM

Let's not forget that "dog food " and " cat food" is purdy general and its the ingredients that matter.

stephanbakir · 05-04-11, 10:08 AM

Allot of people get lab grade mouse/rat food, the animals might not grow faster but they grow lean and healthy

Stormy Night · 05-04-11, 09:48 PM

I used to work in a rat farm warehouse. My boss bred a few different kinds of rodents for pet stores and he had snakes aswell. I was told that African soft furred rats are what ball pythons prefer in the wild. They hunt them down. He also fed his rats those little rat food bricks and had me dump dog food in their racks once a week because he considered it a treat. He said that dog food in serious moderation is ok but anything more causes tumors. We also did the rat food test on 4 rats. Two had nothing but rodent block and two had dog food. Coincidence or not the dog food rats in 3 months had to be wacked because of tumors. He was also under the impression that the high levels of ...I can't remember what..caused them to become aggressive and fight and such.
Ive had rats as pets aswell and I pretty much fed them everything I eat. I mostly eat veggies. I'd mix rodent block, an assortment of fruits and veggies, granola cereal, scrambled eggs, dry wheat noodles, sunflower seeds, nuts, crackers and peanut butter...it changed constantly. My guys were chunky, healthy and lived a really long time.

whoaxmary · 05-04-11, 11:28 PM

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I was told that African soft furred rats are what ball pythons prefer in the wild.

Yupp, Blue (Bp) swallowed it right up, same with my corn.
Only one that didn't eat was Richard, which is odd because he is a PIG. I figured he just isn't hungry yet.

sickvenom · 05-04-11, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormy Night

Ive had rats as pets aswell and I pretty much fed them everything I eat. I mostly eat veggies.

did you feed them blood? i heard you vampires like blood.

Stormy Night · 05-05-11, 06:30 AM

Lol! I tried. They just wouldn't drink it. I mean...I killed Peter to feed Paul so its not like it wasn't fresh. They were just being picky....hence why I don't have rats anymore. I ate them! Muwhahaha