Re: Feeding Question for Taiwanese Beauty

Posted by Matt on March 19, 2001 at 00:38:31:

In Reply to: Feeding Question for Taiwanese Beauty posted by PatrickV on March 18, 2001 at 15:24:09:

: I have been feeding my juv beauty snake medium frozen mice, but through my job i have pretty much unlimited access to free rat pups of the same size. I'm sure there isnt, but i just wanted to see if anyone knew of any significant difference between nutritional qualities of feeding rat pups vs. adult mice.

: patrick

Rat pups have less calcium, I believe anyway.
But what they lack in calcium they make up in dry weight. In short, rat pups are good for putting on weight. If thats what works for you, go with it, but I would probably throw in a mouse just for good measure every now and then.

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: : I have been feeding my juv beauty snake medium frozen mice, but through my job i have pretty much unlimited access to free rat pups of the same size. I'm sure there isnt, but i just wanted to see if anyone knew of any significant difference between nutritional qualities of feeding rat pups vs. adult mice. : : patrick : Rat pups have less calcium, I believe anyway. : But what they lack in calcium they make up in dry weight. In short, rat pups are good for putting on weight. If thats what works for you, go with it, but I would probably throw in a mouse just for good measure every now and then.

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