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I am breeding feeder mice for my pac man frog just to i duno lol...well anyway the 2 mice are in the same room as the snake is this ok?
thanks
Mike

would say it is taboo and will make your snakes aggressive because they will always be smelling food, but due to limited space, I have both mice and rats in my reptile room. They can both see them and smell them. The mice and rats are in tanks in a center island (have no choice about this until I can afford a better set up) with the snakes against all the walls, surrounding them. I have found it makes little difference with the snakes. Once in a blue moon they will sit and watch the rodents run and play in their tanks (they are more inclined to watch me when I enter the room than the rats), but they have not been any more aggressive because of this. Nor do they appear to be stressed out: normal sheds, normal poos, normal tudes. They seem to know when it is feeding time and when it is not. Of course, I do not handle my rats and then handle my snakes. I'd rather not tempt fate. When I occasionally introduce new animals into the room, there is little to no adjustment for them. Some of the babies born here are aggressive, some are not...these are the same results I got before I bred my own rodents. In my estimation, it is an individual behavior. Some snakes are more predisposed to strike and aggression, some are not. Baby aggression is usually a defense mechanism due to fear of a large world and they tend to grow out of it unless they are aggressive natured. If that is the case, they will usually remain aggressive as adults. Rats and mice in the room have had no real effects on my animals. At least, that is my experience. I'm sure if others have had experience to the contrary, they will be sure to post.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

I totally agree. I also have tanks in the same room as my snakes and also do not see any mood change. I lose them in the garage if it's too hot and they don't breed if too cold. So far so good
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"Have you hugged your snake lately?"

I'll third it. I've kept mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and gerbils all in the same room as the reptiles. Didn't see an increase in aggression/attitude with any animals either.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
Boas make the world go round.

I have african soft fured rats, and hamsters in the same room as my snakes. The only animal that seemes to notice is my dog, who helps me clean cages

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- Mike Fourquet

Cloaca Herpetoculture
www.CloacaHerps.com

BTW keeping rodents in your snake room isn't a bad idea. Feeding mice to your Pac Man frog is a bad idea. At least, making mice the main source of food could be bad.

Here's some info I got out of my Horned Frog Book.

Until recently, it was thought that mice were a good diet for adult horned and African bullfrogs. However, in recent years, many frogs fed a diet largely or entirely of mice have developed corneal lipid opacities, which, at their most serious, have resulted in the blindness of the frogs. This problem is now being seen with increasing frequency and, until it is fully uinderstood, would suggest that a diet of low-fat insects, worms, and fish, with only the inclusion of a very occasional mouse(if any) is better for the frogs.