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RE: Quick question on a neglected Hondo.

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Posted by: AaronBayer at Wed Oct 24 12:23:05 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AaronBayer ]  
   

I picked up an extremely malnurished albino black rat years ago. It was in such bad shape i was fairly certain that it would die at any moment, but i decided to give it a go anyway.

It was big enough to handle weanling rats, but i gave it 4 fuzzy mice for the first meal, and then 2 medium mice for each meal about 4 days apart for around a month. by then it was really begining to plump back up and was ready to take weanling rats.

I also went out of my way to provide the most stress free environment i could. several hides, broad thermal gradient, and kept the front of the cage covered with a towel so any movent in the snake room wouldnt bother it.

After about 4 months it was in perfect condition and donated to a local nature center.

   

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