Re: Do russian ratsnakes need a variety of food???

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Posted by Reptiles on March 12, 2002 at 12:46:31:

In Reply to: Do russian ratsnakes need a variety of food??? posted by Mark on March 12, 2002 at 12:22:41:

I've been dealing with faded amur rat snakes for about a year now. They are very closely related to the russians, sometimes commonly bred with eachother in captivity.

Anyway, it's normal for them to go off of food for a few weeks at a time.

I've read a few sites that mentioned that they are these extremely high metabolism snakes that take food aggerssively whenever offered, but that just isn't true with my pair.

I've had good luck feeding smaller prey to mine than they'd usually be able to take. So, if they're eating hoppers, you may wanna try like a very small fuzzy or something. Sometimes, the smaller prey does the trick.

As for the gerbils, hamsters, variety thing, they don't need a variety.

Is this animal captive born or wild caught? Also, how large is it?

: Hi everybody iv had my girl for seven months now and all iv ever fed her is mice but she hasnt eaten in two weeks and i think its because she hasnt had variety and was wondering should try giving her gerbils/hamsters/chicks/quails?

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: I've been dealing with faded amur rat snakes for about a year now. They are very closely related to the russians, sometimes commonly bred with eachother in captivity. : Anyway, it's normal for them to go off of food for a few weeks at a time. : I've read a few sites that mentioned that they are these extremely high metabolism snakes that take food aggerssively whenever offered, but that just isn't true with my pair. : I've had good luck feeding smaller prey to mine than they'd usually be able to take. So, if they're eating hoppers, you may wanna try like a very small fuzzy or something. Sometimes, the smaller prey does the trick. : As for the gerbils, hamsters, variety thing, they don't need a variety. : Is this animal captive born or wild caught? Also, how large is it? : : Hi everybody iv had my girl for seven months now and all iv ever fed her is mice but she hasnt eaten in two weeks and i think its because she hasnt had variety and was wondering should try giving her gerbils/hamsters/chicks/quails?

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