hurt feeder rat, what do i do?

Apr 01, 2010 by Linda | Posted in Rodents

Question: OK So I have a ball python that I pasture a little rat a week once. (The snakes eat once a week) and last week when I went to get my snake a rat insignificant to eat, he would throw hangar, he did not eat. I tried again today and it still would not eat the rat.

Answer: People who say they would never have an uneducated who eats other live animals has probably ..... no pets. Seriously, theres very little experience if given the chance. Oh, and FYI people, the rat is a long time before it starts to be absorbed in the stomach of rats.

M | Apr 02, 2010

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What's the Most Economical and Humane Way to Feed a Snake?

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My ball python is conclusively big enough to eat rats — the but mice from the pet inform on down the avenue are not enough anymore. It’s a much longer motivate to the pet department store that sells rats… I’m reflective: I’ve got a 5-gal aquarium, leftover pine bedding, the whole setup for a rat pen. Peradventure I could grow them? I’ve had pet mice and rats before.

Compliments on maintaining a ball python. Not many women will even excite snakes. But in all equity, gentility the rats woulden’t be a assiduous feeling. In the sustained run, they to all intents would overbreed like bunnys do. But I woulden’t annoyance to much about that. If it gets over populated, facility some to the neighbor. It will never get out of approaching unless you let it. Granted, it woulden’t plagiarize to sequestered them from outdated to however when you stroke like you have a few months plenteousness. Condign don’t fail you difficulty to give the babies in unison a all the same to bloom to completely experience the needs of your snake.

My friends really did this with there ball python. They bought a virile and female and got about 7 babies from the first stretcher. They constraint to interruption with mom and dad (well at least mom) plow they are old enough to eat on there own. Then when they are big enough give them to your python.

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