is Raising feeder mice for you?

[Aundrea]

OMG Lori that is too funny!!!!

I want to see pics.. I think the dumbo rats are cute!!! Heck I even like the hairless ones

[GartersRock]

ROFL!! I am so sorry Lori!! lol!! Yes rats. lol
Aundrea, I took pics yesterday I think of the babies. I'll post asap. They are SOO cute!! Dumbos are my favorite and now I LOVE hairless! A few months ago I thought they where *gag*. But I LOVE them now.

[infernalis]

OMG I need bigger tongs!!

My Ball Python has always ate live prey, until last night.

I thawed out 4 of the rodent pro mice, and the first two went perfect. (They were still quite warm from sitting in the cup of hot water)

The final 2 had cooled down a bit, And his heat pits zeroed in on my hand twice! garter bites are funny, but Caine has a lot of power to his "Hit"

The only other snake I have that hits anywhere close is Limon. Since he is arboreal, he can "hit" with almost all his body length, and when he cocks back and strikes, it hurts like hell.

[Lori P]

He switched that easily from live to f/t??!!! What is he, some kind of mutant bp??!! I'm excited for you!! Congrats!!

[infernalis]

I'd like to keep him on a variety, Every once in a while I can get small rats for a dollar each, one of those fills Caine up for about a week.

[Lori P]

AND he eats both mice and rats?? Mine run from rats like they are the devil spawn himself. LOL Altho, Fluffy will eat f/t baby chicks. Weird...

[infernalis]

Cain is my first Ball Python, So this is the only behavior I have known.

They never really caught my attention, seemed so "common" as a pet.

However when I saw the way this poor guy was being treated, the utter lack of care, I had to get him out of there.

And like most critters, he grew on me

Its just like the mice, I have all this convenient fast food at my disposal now, but I can't quite give up the mouse colony????

They are interesting critters, and I've seen it all as far as mice behavior.

[Lori P]

I'm fond of the mice in general, too. And now this one is giving me heart pain because he's so darn creative. He went into Desdemona's tank this morning (she is the one who will only eat live) and a couple of hours later, assuming he was long gone, I was looking at her and thinking, hmm, she doesn't have the bulge she normally does... and then I spotted him. Can you see him? First person to spot him gets the mouse delivered to them as a pet because now I feel REALLY bad!!!!!! He's so smart...

[Zephyr]

I'm fond of the mice in general, too. And now this one is giving me heart pain because he's so darn creative. He went into Desdemona's tank this morning (she is the one who will only eat live) and a couple of hours later, assuming he was long gone, I was looking at her and thinking, hmm, she doesn't have the bulge she normally does... and then I spotted him. Can you see him? First person to spot him gets the mouse delivered to them as a pet because now I feel REALLY bad!!!!!! He's so smart...

HE'S UP IN THE WOOD PIPE!!!
The one made of that... driftwood... Type stuff. Center of the photo.

[jitami]

How stinkin' cute! He is a smart little guy