>>Hi,
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>>I was wondering if anyone had seen any difference in growth rates between baby bloods fed on small rats and those fed on hamsters? Tao is now big enough to take either very small rats or medium hamsters, and I want to feed him whatever is the healthiest and best for him. I've heard that rats are better than mice; has anyone had any experience feeding hamsters?
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>>Kitt

I would tend to go with rats as they are overall the best. Bunnies or guinea pigs might put on fat more for you. With hamsters you have a couple things.....one, they are loose skinned and fur and watching a snake eat them is like work. Two, often snakes that take hams then don't favor going back to easier to obtain rodents......have this link of info on prey too
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/zoo/WholePreyFinal02May29.pdf


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Sonya

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• Rats vs. Hamsters for Baby Blood Growth - Blue_Fox, Thu Sep 30 11:20:48 2004
• RE: Rats vs. Hamsters for Baby Blood Growth - kev-n-gina, Thu Sep 30 12:35:23 2004
• RE: Rats vs. Hamsters for Baby Blood Growth - cooljosh, Fri Oct 1 03:39:02 2004
• RE: Rats vs. Hamsters for Baby Blood Growth - Sonya, Sun Oct 3 15:30:12 2004