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Dread1318
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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Location: Memphis,Tn
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 Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: Male or female. |
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A friend of mine that has one corn snake and two bps told me to only feed female mice to my bp. He said this because certain body parts on a male mice could...well...exsplode when the snake gives his prey the squeeze! LOL! My wife has had bps before and said this was a load of crap! Has anyone else heard this? Just asking.
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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 Jul 09, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: Male or female. |
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| Dread1318 wrote: | | a load of crap! |
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Dread1318
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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Location: Memphis,Tn
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Male or female. |
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| RonCrawford wrote: | | Dread1318 wrote: | | a load of crap! |
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That's what I thought! Thanks!
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arlynos
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
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Location: whitney point, ny
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yea that is a load of horse manure, my snake doesnt care it eats em both and different colors, you will have more a problem with color of the mouse then the sex of it.
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snakesRkewl
Joined: 20 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried rats for your ball Dread1318 ?
Mice work but rats fill em to the brim, lol...
And watch those big male rats:shock:  hehe, jokin...
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Dread1318
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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Location: Memphis,Tn
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:20 am Post subject: |
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She's just a juvenile so I'm kinda of worried about getting something to big for her to be able to handle at the moment. But...as soon as I can get her on rats I will.
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snakesRkewl
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you'd be shocked how big a rat a "juvenile" can eat, lol.
Yours looks quite capable of enjoying a rat 
This corn snake is eating a medium mouse, he's half the size or smaller than a ball.
Yours looks like it/he/she, lol, could easily gulp down a rat.
You might be underestimating the power of the gulp, hehe 
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Dread1318
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Location: Memphis,Tn
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I agree. But...once again...my wife feels like we should wait a little bit to see how things go. I'm pretty sure she could swallow a small rat. It's the kill I'm worried about, more than the mice or rat's b**** popping like balloons like my friend says they will! When did this little myth get started anyway? 
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snakesRkewl
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So I'm guessing you haven't tried frozen/thawed yet, which some will eat em, some won't. I have the rat issues with my pastel, scared to pieces over rats, but large mice and gerboas are cherished, lol. He also won't touch prekilled anything, ergh.
If your afraid of the rat biting, you might try a frozen thawed, your snake might just surprise you and snap it up
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snakesRkewl
Joined: 20 Jun 2008
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| Dread1318 wrote: | | It's the kill I'm worried about, more than the mice or rat's b**** popping like balloons like my friend says they will! When did this little myth get started anyway? |
I've never heard that rumor, lol, had me rolling though when you wrote that, I thank you for the laugh, b*ll& exploding, OMgosh, hehe...
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Dread1318
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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Location: Memphis,Tn
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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| snakesRkewl wrote: | | If your afraid of the rat biting, you might try a frozen thawed, your snake might just surprise you and snap it up |
We got her a small rat today. I was nervous...and so scared for her!  But...<SNATCH!> she got a hold of the rat and killed it like a real pro! When the deed was done, she looked out at me through the glass like she was saying,'You see? No problem!'. She got it down pretty easy also! I am so proud of her! Now that we know she can take on small rats...how often should we feed Stripe?
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magana559
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
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| Dread1318 wrote: | | snakesRkewl wrote: | | If your afraid of the rat biting, you might try a frozen thawed, your snake might just surprise you and snap it up |
We got her a small rat today. I was nervous...and so scared for her! But...<SNATCH!> she got a hold of the rat and killed it like a real pro! When the deed was done, she looked out at me through the glass like she was saying,'You see? No problem!'. She got it down pretty easy also! I am so proud of her! Now that we know she can take on small rats...how often should we feed Stripe? |
Every 5 Days For Hatchlings And Every 7Days from There On Is What i do.
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snakesRkewl
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome dread1318 
I also feed once a week, same day if possible.
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