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ssnakes
at Sat Jul 8 19:52:30 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ssnakes ]
I raise my rodents, both rats and mice, so I have all sizes available. I find that hatchlings feed best on live fuzzies because they need to see movement. As soon as I get them feeding well on live fuzzies, I switch to rat pups, live. Live rat pups can be left in the cage without concern for harm to the snake. When my animals attain some size and I begin feeding them small rats, I ALWAYS "thump" or "stun" the feeder first before offering it to the snake off of long hemistats. I know what damage a rat can do, so it is best to have it compromised before offering it to your ball python. Then once the snake has grabbed it and wrapped it, I look closely to make sure none of those rat incisors are sunk into my snake in any way before closing the cage drawer. I have tried f/t but find it is such a hassle to thaw first and warm them up.........too time consuming for me! But at the same time, I have to say that my weekly job of cleaning nearly 100 pans of rats and mice is NOT MY FAVORITE job to do!
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- Poll: For those who feed FT & live - jmartin104, Sat Jul 8 11:35:33 2006
- Live N/P - vcane, Sat Jul 8 12:17:11 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - LKirkland, Sat Jul 8 12:53:06 2006
- F/T ONLY more........ - STUART, Sat Jul 8 14:53:37 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - subtleserpents, Sat Jul 8 18:53:39 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - phwyvern, Sat Jul 8 19:05:23 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - thebigsquease, Sat Jul 8 19:06:23 2006
RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - ssnakes, Sat Jul 8 19:52:30 2006 
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - jmartin104, Sun Jul 9 07:47:37 2006
- If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 09:59:48 2006
- RE: If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - jmartin104, Sun Jul 9 12:00:56 2006
- RE: If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 12:15:34 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - ballfreak, Mon Aug 14 19:42:05 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - SnakeSmith, Sat Jul 8 19:44:38 2006
- All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sat Jul 8 20:03:27 2006
- RE: All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - SnakeSmith, Sat Jul 8 20:33:28 2006
- RE: All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 00:16:21 2006
- Time of day,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 12:38:24 2006
- RE: Time of day,,,,,,,,,,, - SnakeSmith, Sun Jul 9 20:22:58 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - delphipythons, Sat Jul 8 21:56:22 2006
- F/T for everything... - garweft, Sat Jul 8 22:43:05 2006
- live...... N/P - jnsreptiles, Sun Jul 9 02:32:22 2006
- live... more - crazydart, Sun Jul 9 05:09:33 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - alp71, Sun Jul 9 08:26:26 2006
- RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - billygunn, Sun Jul 9 12:23:57 2006
- FT feed better here..... - nita, Sun Jul 9 13:38:49 2006
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