>>Well, well...the gang's all here! Terry, I have only been keeping them since this spring, so I don't have a lot of experience to add to the conversation. Both were W/C from the same locality (practically your backyard! ) this year. They were both treated for parasites and have acclimated nicely. The male took off like a champ, eating f/t on the first try, but the female took over a month to eat and even though she eats 2-3 times a week, she will only take live hopper mice to this day.
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>>As far as keeping them, I follow a simplistic approach. I keep both of them on newspaper, with one dry hide and one damp sphagnum moss filled humid hide each. At first, I tried to provide a warm spot (85-90), but they avoided it like the plague, so they are just at room temp now (76-80).
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Hi, Diego. Thanks for the info.

My room temps are now getting down to about 68*F at night. During the day the room only gets up to about 76*F, but it also depends on the outside temps. The under tank heat pads provide some extra warmth, but to tell the truth I don't think the green rats need it.

My two yr old female (somewhat smaller than yours) is eating large pinks and small fuzzies. I really haven't tried anything larger.

I'm thinking about providing more moisture in some form, but they have done pretty well so far with just a humid hide with sphagnum. I'm just thinking their nature environment is more humid than the cage set up.

I'm sure we'll find out more in the coming year.


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