Re: Feeding russian ratsnakes

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Posted by Mark on August 11, 2001 at 12:13:07:

In Reply to: Re: Feeding russian ratsnakes posted by Dean on August 09, 2001 at 14:51:04:

: Hey Mark;

: Glad to see you got a Russian afterwards ;-) Sounds like your doing fine with the feeding, like Steve said as long as she's not regurgitating or anything weird, they WILL from time to time go off their food, I tend to cool them down for about a month & then you can heat them back up & they will eat again, this is with babies I do this. Sort of a 'mini hibernation' then once they hit 2 they get chilled down for 2 to 3 months in the winter then my breeders will go down for about 4 & 1/2 to 5 months.

: Steve's also right in that they don't like overly big prey, my 5 & 1/2 male got a junvenille rats the other day & it took him an hour to down it. So I'll keep him on the large adult mice.

: Enjoy your new snake; hey where did you get it???

: bye for now

: Dean
Hey Dean I got her from a breeder here in Ireland (they are becoming really popular over here). She is eating like a horse and is tame as a kitten!!! I couldn't ask for a better snake
Thanks for all the help everyone
From Mark

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: : Hey Mark; : : Glad to see you got a Russian afterwards ;-) Sounds like your doing fine with the feeding, like Steve said as long as she's not regurgitating or anything weird, they WILL from time to time go off their food, I tend to cool them down for about a month & then you can heat them back up & they will eat again, this is with babies I do this. Sort of a 'mini hibernation' then once they hit 2 they get chilled down for 2 to 3 months in the winter then my breeders will go down for about 4 & 1/2 to 5 months. : : Steve's also right in that they don't like overly big prey, my 5 & 1/2 male got a junvenille rats the other day & it took him an hour to down it. So I'll keep him on the large adult mice. : : Enjoy your new snake; hey where did you get it??? : : bye for now : : Dean : Hey Dean I got her from a breeder here in Ireland (they are becoming really popular over here). She is eating like a horse and is tame as a kitten!!! I couldn't ask for a better snake : Thanks for all the help everyone : From Mark

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