i would say that it is worth it to just get a pair of rats to breed for your snakes because even if you do get too many babies from them, you just freeze them and use them later, or sell/give them to other people. i have found that my 1.2 of rats hasnt really been costing me any more to keep, the food is cheap,pine is cheap and water is free. i already had the tank and water bottles plus a wheel so it was really a no brainer for me. i just recently(2 days ago) tried the method that was just on the feeder forum about using the baking soda and vinegar. i used it and put out 7, 4 day old rat pups and it worked pretty well. the only problem was that even after about 10 minutes of letting them in the chamber after i opened it, the one looked like it was going to start breathing again(so i just put them all in the freezer really quick in case they would wake up.)next time i think ill let them in there longer, other than that it worked really well. good luck.
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1.0.0 bearded dragon (spaz)
1.1.0 green iguana (zephyr,F and Liz,M)
0.0.1 columbian tegu (diablo)
1.1.0 knight anole
0.1.0 green anole
0.1.0 asian longtail grass lizard
1.1.0 golden gecko
1.0.0 ball python (guinness)
0.0.5 oriental firebellied toad
0.0.1 green treefrog
0.0.1 barking treefrog
0.0.1 cuban masked treefrog
0.0.1 gray treefrog
0.1.0 gulf hammock rat snake (fluffy)
0.1.0 eastern kingsnake (ms. king,kingy)
0.1.0 siberian husky (blue)
1.1.0 ratties (bonnie and clyde)
0.1.0 hedgie (karma)

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