Re: feeding live mice to rat snake

Posted by Terry Parks on July 10, 2001 at 08:40:24:

In Reply to: feeding live mice to rat snake posted by david smith on July 10, 2001 at 04:33:33:

Hi David - I feed mine every 5 days. I feed him thawed/frozen small rats. Iwan makes a good point that you should feed prekilled. If you got the snake from someone, what were they feeding him and what was the schedule. Since you've put the snake in a new environment and he is stressed, you don't want to make a sudden change to feeding and schedule. If he's been eating O.K. since you've had him and he's defecated, then maybe just pump the intervals to every 5 days and see how it goes. Congratulations on the rat snake, good luck, and keep us posted.

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: Hi David - I feed mine every 5 days. I feed him thawed/frozen small rats. Iwan makes a good point that you should feed prekilled. If you got the snake from someone, what were they feeding him and what was the schedule. Since you've put the snake in a new environment and he is stressed, you don't want to make a sudden change to feeding and schedule. If he's been eating O.K. since you've had him and he's defecated, then maybe just pump the intervals to every 5 days and see how it goes. Congratulations on the rat snake, good luck, and keep us posted.

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