I was very impressed by the shipping. Except they failed to mention about the dry ice. I knew it was dry ice in the box but I thought it was also just like normal ice. So thinking nothing more of it, I picked up a huge chunk of dry ice off the bags....OUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Extremely painful. Was I the only one who didn't automatically know this about dry ice? It was like holing fire in my hand for 4 seconds. Amazing. Anyways back to the package. I didnt really expect the rats to be as big as they were I mean they were HUGE. Someone said that my 38" burmese should have no problem taking down the medium rats. Now that I see the rats, and I see the snake, I can not picture the rat fitting at all. (The rats are 6-8 inches)I also ordered 10 large rats which i know i wont be using for at least 2-3 months. Just a long term thing, I figured once she ran out of her 25 medium rats, she should be able to take a large rat. (Approximatley 20 weeks) But should she be able to take a medium rat? I dont want to hurt her by feeding her something too big for her.
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Recieved first order from Rodent Pro
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I'm surprised that RodentPro didnt put a dry ice warning somewhere with the package. I thought it was a requirement... But hey...now u know.
My Burmy is at 6.5" and I ordered a 10 jumbos for her, and they were huge, I thought Jumbos at one shop would be the same everywhere....which isnt always the case.
Now I just keep those for emergencies.. She can handle them but she takes a long time to get it down... plus she really likes killing them herself... I seem to have luck with vicious herps...
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Burms can take impressivley large meals. Just monitor your snake during the feedings to ensure that she isn't having to much of a problem. It has been known that some have died when they tried to regurgitate a meal that was to large to swollow, and the prey item got snagged on it's teeth. I honastly do not forsee any problem like this though feeding medium rats to a 3' burm. Do not what ever you do resort back to feeding live prey. I think in todays society and with all the knowledge out there that it is just assinine to feed live prey. It is a danger to the keeper as well as to the snake. Continue feeding F/T and you will have no problems. Todd
Dont worry about the live prey, I've always fed all my pythons frozen from the beginning and they never seem to have a problem with it, even though their original owners (even bob clark) fed them live.
