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Posted by regalringneck on July 31, 2002 at 20:26:23:
In Reply to: Rats and growth and stuff and more stuff.................... posted by Fred Albury on July 30, 2002 at 12:04:00:
Greetings all, I'd suggest a 30 G mus & rat would be equivalent nutritionaly, an easy way to test this would be to feed your guardian each, sequentially after a shed & weigh it on an accurate scale ~ 7 days later. Heres what I have found tho; my BTC appears to produce much less fecal material after a good reptile feed than it does w/ mammalian prey (I also note the same w/ my getulus). I have also found that feeding comparatively large prey items tends to push a given spps. to the upper size of its genetic potential, I have also noted this in wild pituophis & crotalids living around prairie dog towns, tho these dogs are also well documented to kill neonates & juveniles. All good reasons to feed sizeable snakes, cottontails, pigeons & other such prey to those guardians you want in excess of 3m!
C&B; jg
:: I keep reading posts on these forums that say or imply that juvenile rats (the same size as adult mice) are more nutritionally dense than mice. Does anyone know if this is true or is this all anecdotal ? Has anyone noticed a difference in health, growth rate etc. between the two ? I'm curious because I have a snake that I'd like to feed the most nutritionally sound meal to (of course), but I wanted to know if there is anything to this before I bother switching him to small rats as he is not large enough for adults yet. Any thoughts, ideas, experience on this subject is appreciated.
:: Thane
:Thane,
:YEAr ago, a friend of mine Andre McAllister, told me this, and at FIRST I didnt beleive him(I am such a doubting Thomas in general!!) But then I looked at his snakes! Hognose snakes the size of ground Boa females! Pituophis that AL ran in the 5 ft range(And these are GOPHERSNAKES mind you!) and Rosies that were huge, but not powerfed!
:Rats put on growth much faster than mice. Mice ger regurged easier, and they really dont have much to them, other than bone,skin and alitle fat. Rats, and especially rat chubs, cause GROWTH in snakes big enouhg to accept them.
:My humble advice?
:Switch him now.
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:Fred
:(Aztec Reptiles)
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