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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    well i use to raise rats had over 70 of them at one time.. not in to raising them much anymore.. i only have 10 snakes right now and spent 50.00 14 adult mice.. 4 hoppers and a sm rat here yesterday.. maybe i need to look in to rodent pro lol
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    thamnophis puniceus Lori P's Avatar
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    I was trying to find a mouse related thread to ask this in. :-)

    Someone was telling me yesterday that adult rats are more nutritious than adult mice. (She was telling me I should switch my bp's over to rats) I'm just not sure I buy into that. Why would such closely related rodents have such a difference in nutrition?? And since I'm raising my own mice, on healthy diets and in clean, spacious cages... are they not quite nutritious?

    Thoughts??
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Lori, Mice and rats have the same kind of nutrition, Our BP eats both.

    If I happen onto a rat sale (Sounds funny, but one local pet store has them for a buck when the ladies have too many)

    So When I get dollar rats, I give rats to cane, otherwise he is fine on mice, just more frequently, as rats are bigger and more filling.

    I tried to breed rats, I'm sure we could have gotten it, but for a buck already raised, I couldn't raise them for that.

    If you already have mice, don't worry about rats, your BP will do just fine on the mice.

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    I don't know that there's a nutritional difference, other than that rats have less fur at a larger size
    and in my experience rats make the snake's poop smell worse
    rhea
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    thamnophis puniceus Lori P's Avatar
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Thanks guys. Wayne, my larger girl Fluffy seems quite happy and healthy on 3-4 adult mice a week, while Squiggles usually eats 2-3. I'd truly rather keep them on the mice but wanted to make sure I wasn't off mark. Thank you!
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Quote Originally Posted by drache View Post
    I don't know that there's a nutritional difference, other than that rats have less fur at a larger size
    and in my experience rats make the snake's poop smell worse
    Note to self: No rats. Not now, not ever.
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lori P View Post
    Thanks guys. Wayne, my larger girl Fluffy seems quite happy and healthy on 3-4 adult mice a week, while Squiggles usually eats 2-3. I'd truly rather keep them on the mice but wanted to make sure I wasn't off mark. Thank you!

    Pppssssttt... (whipsering) Lori, how did a bald-@$$, furless child get the name "Fluffy"??????
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    On that note Gertie, I have had a thread idea for some time....

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Quote Originally Posted by Garter_Gertie View Post
    Pppssssttt... (whipsering) Lori, how did a bald-@$$, furless child get the name "Fluffy"??????
    I was going for irony.... And it makes me giggle.
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    well i had to idea of setting up some wild mouse habs and hoping some move in so then i can pop it open whenever needed to grab myself a feeder maybe grab some extra pinkies and toss them in the freezer and it would just have to stay in the woods across the street i dunno sounds like a good idea to me just need the mice to stay there

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