I have two bps that are the same age and from the same breeder. The first snake is an albino female that has only been eating mice since birth, the other snake is a het albino that has switched to appropriate sized rats a few months ago.

My albino has eaten 34 ounces of mice and gained 9 ounces so she is gaining weight at .265 ounces per ounce eaten.

My het albino has eaten 38.5 ounces of mice and rats and gained 14 ounces so he is gaining weight at .364 ounces per ounce eaten. My het is gaining weight about 38% more efficiently which seems significant.

Are rats better than mice or should I take my albino to get checked for parasites? Or do I just need to relax and get a life?

Thanks for bearing with my long post, I'm a nerd.




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1.1 Normal Ball Pythons (Snakerton and Mathilda)
1.0 Het Albino Ball Python (Walter)
0.1 Albino Ball Python (Perrie)
1.2 Breeder Rats (Seamus, Fiona, Spotticus)

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• Interesting Data and Possible Parasites - brianray, Thu Jun 28 01:14:23 2007
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• RE: Interesting Data and Possible Parasites - levi987, Thu Jun 28 01:42:28 2007
• RE: Interesting Data and Possible Parasites - Kingofspades, Thu Jun 28 02:02:50 2007
• You are doing things exactly right.. - zefdin, Thu Jun 28 06:20:10 2007
• RE: Interesting Data and Possible Parasites - havic, Thu Jun 28 14:40:21 2007
• RE: Interesting Data and Possible Parasites - TerryHeuring, Thu Jun 28 06:15:17 2007
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• RE: Interesting Data and Possible Parasi - BRhaco, Thu Jun 28 12:51:49 2007
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