Anyone have their balls take an exceptionally long time on their first rat? He always eats right away practically out of my hand. But I gave him his first rat last week and it took him 30 minutes to take it. I gave him one today and he took it instantly. Normal? Just scared of prey 2x the size of normal?
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"
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Switching to rats.....
phiber_optikx
Apr 13, 2006 04:23 AM
Replies (5)
wisema2297
Apr 13, 2006 06:28 AM
they smell different. My 05 will jump on a large mouse but snub a rat crawler. The two are the same size but smell different. Now I know to feed young balls rat pinks as soon as possible.
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1.0 het albino ball
1.0 norm ball
0.3 norm ball
0.1 snow corn
1.0 butter corn
1.0 norm corn
1.0 southwestern rat
1.0 striped Cali king
1.0 western hog
Visual Morphs?....I love the normal looks. You can't improve on nature, you can only produce "interesting deviations".
zefdin
Apr 13, 2006 08:59 AM
You're good, I think.
You can also buy a rat at the pet store and ask them to throw some mouse bedding in with the rat to transition the new smell over.
I'll bring a cheap tupperware container and leave the rat in it for several hours to pick up some mouse scent.
I think youre all set in this case however.
Alan
snakeball
Apr 13, 2006 09:30 AM
No need to switch. Feed whatever they like to eat. I have mouse feeders that grow just as well as rat feeders. If you want to switch give it a shot. If they don't go along, than stick to what they like. Nothing beats a snake that likes to eat, so if they like mice than by all means give them mice,,,, no worries.
phiber_optikx
Apr 13, 2006 02:29 PM
He will take either. Actually he will take anything you throw at him. I guess which he gets depends on how big my paycheck is every week 
Any advantages of mice over rats/vise versa?
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"
zefdin
Apr 13, 2006 03:20 PM
I think rats have more crude proteins than mice do they dont stink as much!
