Hopefully he'll have better results than I have had. That dang male of mine flat out refuses to eat anything but live rats. My female would put down whatever I pull out of the freezer, before it even thawed out, if I'd let her, but not the male.

I thought for sure I had him where I wanted him after last breeding season. Once they were through mating and had moved to opposite sides of the cage for a few days straight I put him back in his cage and waited a few days. Offered him a fresh-killed tiny rabbit, no go. F/T rats, no go. I got ticked & said, "Well, starve, then!" I waited two weeks & tried again, no go. I hold up a fresh-killed rat & a live rat, side-by-side, and the live rat was basically motionless at the time. He didn't even look at the rats for more than 1/3 of a second before he nailed the live one.

We may have a stalemate this next time, though. Might find out just how long he CAN go without eating. Ha! Nah, my heart's too big, obviously.

Ya'll take care!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

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