I have an adult WC Texas rat and an adult CB motley corn in side by side cages. Both are about 4 1/2 feet, and both are on the same feeding schedule, a medium f/t rat every week. The rat snake typically slims down and defecates about 3-4 days after feeding, while the corn will not show defecation until days 5-7. The rat is also consistently more active than the corn. I think there is a definite metabolic difference between these two closely related species.

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• Black rat digests faster than corns? - Kevin Saunders, Tue Jun 29 22:36:30 2010
• RE: Black rat digests faster than corns? - KevinM, Wed Jun 30 08:50:20 2010
• RE: Black rat digests faster than corns? - MikeinOKC, Thu Jul 1 07:02:01 2010
• RE: Black rat digests faster than corns? - draybar, Thu Jul 1 17:29:06 2010
• RE: Black rat digests faster than corns? - ratsnakehaven, Sun Jul 4 19:53:32 2010