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magana559
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| snakesRkewl wrote: | Update: My pastel male refused the first P/K rat, so I gave it to my het albino guy, and he took it after about 5 minutes of dancing around it, lol.  |
I Hate Doing The "Eat Me" Dance Its Just Pointless When You Could Just feed Live, Just Make Sure The Rat/Mouse Dosent Bite Your Snake.
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snakesRkewl
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Thats just my problem lately, seems all the rats want a bite, and I'm not cool with that. I've had to save them several times from almost certain bites. So if I can switch, I'd just as soon do so, even though I have a steady supply of live rats for ...cheap. Are some rats more aggressive? These rats seem fearless, lol.
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snakesRkewl
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| magana559 wrote: |
I Hate Doing The "Eat Me" Dance Its Just Pointless When You Could Just feed Live, Just Make Sure The Rat/Mouse Doesn't Bite Your Snake. |
I just lay the silly rat down, and the snake takes it. It Was kind of funny to watch him doing a lil dance around the rat to decide how to approach the head for swallowing, but I didn't have to "Do the dance" lol as many surely do. Now if my other 2 will be so easily persuaded to take P/K all would be fine 
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SheilaR
Joined: 07 May 2008
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they will get around to it, and yes some rats are more aggressive than others which can be a pian i read if you want to breed them they pass on this aggressiveness
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deborahbroadus
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| SheilaR wrote: | | they will get around to it, and yes some rats are more aggressive than others which can be a pian i read if you want to breed them they pass on this aggressiveness |
I disagree. I breed my own and I specifically breed out the agressiveness. How? by dispatching any that escape, jump out of the tubs, bite, or show agressiveness in anyway.
Maybe it's just me, but my rats are not agressive and neither are my ASFs.
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snakesRkewl
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These rats don't seem "mean" just not afraid, and after repeatedly being stalked and then not attacked, they like to then come up and sniff, then try to taste the nice snake, arrgh.
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PyMama
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Hey ya'll !!!!
Well I prefer to feed live..but I have a few snakes that dont mind FT...
I was actually considering trying to switch some to FT bc in my area the price for rats and mice is up...LOL I cannot breed them sorry...the smell....eeeeewww well sensitive tummy!
On that note.........what is the price for a rat or mouse in your area?
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ryancbj22
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| Quote: | | On that note.........what is the price for a rat or mouse in your area? |
It depends on where I go, but mice are usually under $2 for an adult which isn't too bad, but there pretty small... The rats are another story there anywhere from $5 to $8 per rat. That's for the rat pups and small rats which is ridiculous......
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gbadger
Joined: 07 Apr 2007
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Location: southampton uk
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sky has always had frozen thawed
so she is staying with it i dont wanna change because
i wouldnt want to take the chance on her getting bit by what is going to be her food...anyway would you have a live crab on your plate.
i doubt it
the other thing is and i may be wrong but i believe if i was to feed live she would have to strike to catch her food.
sky is my baby i dont want her to strike so i certainly am not going to create a situation where she has to.
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TeaTime
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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Location: Puerto Rico
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Mice 1-3$, depends where.
Rats are another story too because they go up the wazoo like 8-10$
My babe feeds on PK, but I'm starting him on the switch to FT. Cheaper to get a buncha rodents in a bag.
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Buck_99
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Location: Midlothian, VA
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| gbadger wrote: | sky has always had frozen thawed
so she is staying with it i dont wanna change because
i wouldnt want to take the chance on her getting bit by what is going to be her food...anyway would you have a live crab on your plate.
i doubt it
the other thing is and i may be wrong but i believe if i was to feed live she would have to strike to catch her food.
sky is my baby i dont want her to strike so i certainly am not going to create a situation where she has to. |
Sky doesn't strike her prey? Interesting. Most of my snakes eat live, but when I used to feed FT, they still struck and coiled the prey as if it were alive. I've seen other snakes eat without striking, but none of mine do.
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snakesRkewl
Joined: 20 Jun 2008
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I feel lucky to have a breeder close by, small & medium Rats are $2.50, large and jumbos are $5.00 Mice are $1.00 or $1.75
My het albino doesn't strike prekilled or F/T but does live obviously, lol.
My others are still stuck on live.
As for not wanting to have a snake strike? My big girl strikes em down, but is as gentle as can be, and has never shown aggression otherwise, so I don't think striking has anything to do with how tame the snake is, just a normal feeding response.
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dibiz
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
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i get too nervous about the live stuff hurting my snake, so i go with frozen. i've seen some really hideous pictures of snakes that got beat up by a frightened mouse.
she strikes them but doesn't constrict them. it's kind of weird now that i think about it.
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Monty is my Python
Joined: 26 Feb 2008
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Location: Vermont
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Personally I do feed live, It's more convenient for me and easier on my snakes (none have ever taken an offered F/t). I do this fully understanding the risk and have ALWAYS helped the kill. As soon as my snakes strike and coil I use my feeding tongs to pull the head away from the snake and break the rodents neck/help strangle it. To date I have had no bites and only one claw scratch that has drawn blood.
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PlayBall
Joined: 11 Feb 2008
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Location: Chicago, IL
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I prefer f/t. It saves me the trip to the store and are way cheaper than life. I do feed life when I go to swaps cause rat pups go for 75 cents each, mice 50 cents each. When I feed life I don't get involve with the kill unless is evident that my snakes are going to get hurt, that's when I tag in
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