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RonCrawford
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Location: Pottsville, PA (USA)
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| deborahbroadus wrote: | | RonCrawford wrote: | | deborahbroadus wrote: | I'm a believer!  "Unacceptable behavior?" I take it he was agressive? That's part of what scares me about raising them. What if I breed a Willard!? ((imagination getting away from me again)).
Mo'Money is fed on Jumbo rats. I wouldn't want to have to wrestle one of them!  |
When the rat cages are cleaned, the entire colony from the tank are moved to a temporary tub while their cage is cleaned. This rat in particular kept jumping upwards of 3ft in an effort to escape. He tried countless times so he was retired early for his actions. I keep a docile rodent colony and any escapers, biters, etc. are retired early.
I would NEVER try to feed a rat of this size as a live prey item to my ball pythons. Yes, they can take live prey this size but the rat would most certainly do some damage in the interim. Just take a look at the scars on most imported wild caught ball pythons. |
I heartly concur. They must not try to escape, nor bite, but go meekly to their deaths, resigned to their fates in the meantime, or they will get that fate earlier. However, if they are meek and resigned to their fates, they may live a few days longer. LOL Do you blame the rat?? lol That was Willard!
Joking aside, I do understand. However, I still would not want to deal with live rats of that size. That is one of the main reasons that I switched to F/T. |
The largest rats I'll offer my animals are small but sometimes I'll venture out and offer them mediums, depending on how big the snake is. The rat in the photo is from my breeding colony. Breeder rats are HUMONGOUS! A piece of trivia for the day is....Adult male rats are noticeably larger in size than adult female rats. 
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deborahbroadus
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Thanks for the information. That is a piece of trivia that I didn't know. In Nature the male animal is usually the most colorful, and the female is usually bigger..this is the first time that I have heard of the male being bigger than the female, and I know that in the Rat family there is not a noticable difference in coloring between the sexes. ((I shouldn't have slept though biology!) 
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Moshi
Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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Location: Pinellas Park Fl
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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But youre right. In nature the female is usualy the larger and males are more colorful. But hey, It's the opposite in humans, right?
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nicks2112
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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Location: Houston,TX
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| lindsey_marshall00 wrote: | He is around 22" long.. I was told that a snake can eat a mouse that is no wider than the fattest part of his/her body. I have a 6'9" red tail that eats a very large and disscusting size rat-she will be moving to rabbits next feeding.  |
Wait!What?Is a redtail a type of BP?Sry im new.
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Jordan700
Joined: 29 May 2006
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Location: Petaluma, California
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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No a red tail, is a red tailed boa. Also known as a RTB. Ball pythons max out at about 5 feet. While a RTB can easily get to 12 feet long. So as you can see there is some minute differences. 
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nicks2112
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Jordan700 wrote: | | No a red tail, is a red tailed boa. Also known as a RTB. Ball pythons max out at about 5 feet. While a RTB can easily get to 12 feet long. So as you can see there is some minute differences. |
thnx!that freaked me for a sec lol.
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Jordan700
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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No problem. Glad to clear things up!
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deborahbroadus
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Location: Baltimore, MD
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| nicks2112 wrote: | | lindsey_marshall00 wrote: | | He is around 22" long.. I was told that a snake can eat a mouse that is no wider than the fattest part of his/her body. I have a 6'9" red tail that eats a very large and disscusting size rat-she will be moving to rabbits next feeding. |
Wait!What?Is a redtail a type of BP?Sry im new. |
Hello Nicks, Welcome to RCreptile Forums!! Tell us a bit about yourself in the welcome forum and include a pic if you have one. We love pics. What kind of herps do you have?
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lindsey_marshall00
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sorry to start a little confussion there
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nicks2112
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Location: Houston,TX
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| deborahbroadus wrote: | | nicks2112 wrote: | | lindsey_marshall00 wrote: | | He is around 22" long.. I was told that a snake can eat a mouse that is no wider than the fattest part of his/her body. I have a 6'9" red tail that eats a very large and disscusting size rat-she will be moving to rabbits next feeding. |
Wait!What?Is a redtail a type of BP?Sry im new. |
Hello Nicks, Welcome to RCreptile Forums!! Tell us a bit about yourself in the welcome forum and include a pic if you have one. We love pics. What kind of herps do you have? |
hi.I dont have a bp yet cause im still trying to decide where to get one.I was thinking about getting one from Ron.And im still learning a bit about them.I learned a lot about them in this forum though.ill post pics as soon as i get him/her!
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RonCrawford
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Joined: 04 May 2006
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Location: Pottsville, PA (USA)
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| nicks2112 wrote: | | deborahbroadus wrote: | | nicks2112 wrote: | | lindsey_marshall00 wrote: | | He is around 22" long.. I was told that a snake can eat a mouse that is no wider than the fattest part of his/her body. I have a 6'9" red tail that eats a very large and disscusting size rat-she will be moving to rabbits next feeding. |
Wait!What?Is a redtail a type of BP?Sry im new. |
Hello Nicks, Welcome to RCreptile Forums!! Tell us a bit about yourself in the welcome forum and include a pic if you have one. We love pics. What kind of herps do you have? |
hi.I dont have a bp yet cause im still trying to decide where to get one.I was thinking about getting one from Ron.And im still learning a bit about them.I learned a lot about them in this forum though.ill post pics as soon as i get him/her! |
Yep, I've heard that guy Ron Crawford over at RCReptiles.com has some quality animals with zero complaints from any of his customers. 
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deborahbroadus
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That's TRUE! I have heard the same thing, in fact, I can vouch for the guy!
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