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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29/06/2009 : 17:13:37
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does anyone breed there own rats
and mice and if so how do you kill
them, or do you feed them live ? |
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matty18714
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/06/2009 : 17:33:27
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| Live rats are killed by using CO2 by most people. Feeding a large live rat is asking for trouble really. |
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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:09:48
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wot about rat pups and weaner rats
do they still use co2 if so do you
know the proces of how they do it.
or do you think its just best to
get them from a pet shop. |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:11:13
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Easier to get them from a Pet Shop.
Not much cheaper (unless on a massive scale) to do it at home, but at least you'd know they were fresh. |
 
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Edited by - Blackecho on 29/06/2009 18:11:53 |
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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:13:00
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thats wot i was thinking
nice fat fresh ones  |
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matty18714
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2016 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:13:57
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If your feeding under 10 or so snakes, just get them from the shop. Its cheaper.
Rat pups and weaner rats are fine to feed live (safe for the snake), but its not really needed unless the snake isnt feeding.
The rats are put into boxes or bags which are then slowly filled with CO2 untill they die. To be honest im not sure how humanly the industry does it, but many people that breed thier own add the CO2 slowly so its less pain on the rodent. |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
11327 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:17:50
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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:19:09
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ye i understand just wonderd if
normal snake keepers did it other
than breeders, i dont mind getting
mine from the shop i only live
2 mins away |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:39:18
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| i'm getting some multis as breeders soon as one of my Dums is a non-feeder turned live-feeder, and the one i've just bought is a force-feeder....... a route i'd rather not take! |
Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Day Geckos
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
11327 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 18:40:02
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| Did you know someone was selling breeding multis at Donny? |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:01:54
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| er no..............! |
Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Day Geckos
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
11327 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:07:09
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| Yep, Lobley from RFUK, £8 for 1 male and 3 females. |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
5741 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:21:27
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thats a good buy to..
i paid ten quid for two females and a male.. |
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending."
-- Source Unknown
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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:44:09
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| lol wots a multis |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2663 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:46:13
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multimammate mouse/african soft-fur rat........
wll you did ask!  |
Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Day Geckos
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spuddastu
Yearling
United Kingdom
112 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 19:52:55
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ye lol, i never heard of them  |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
5741 Posts |
Posted - 29/06/2009 : 20:15:38
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royals fave food are multis.....
Kazz said they taste even nicer than mice...lol |
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending."
-- Source Unknown
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 29/06/2009 : 20:59:34
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well i am breeding mice and rats atm.... so far it has cost me a grand total of..... £00.00
for 3 tanks, 3 cages, 2 male rats, 1 female rat, 2 female mice and 2 male mice, plus bedding, food, accesories etc. gotta love freecycle ;) they get fed on whatever food the rabbits/cats/dogs waste, plus a bag of rat food i got off freecycle, plus any left over/wasted food so not paid out anything yet.
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
5741 Posts |
Posted - 30/06/2009 : 06:35:13
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you need another female rat ..
I need another trio of Multis..
i much prefer them to mice and rats though, there is no smell from them...
the mice smell makes me  |
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending."
-- Source Unknown
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
1971 Posts |
Posted - 30/06/2009 : 08:46:47
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i know i do :s here's how i am doing it for the mo...
all 3 rats are un related, so i have got 1 male with the female and the other male (the injured one) on his own.
when the female drops i will keep one female baby and when it's old enough put it with the other male to breed.
HOPEFULLY i will be able to get another 2 female rats at some point, and i will be swoping rats with 3 different people (who also swop rats with other people) to prevent in breeding.
i think that's how it will be working out. it's been a long time since i bred them for pet shops lols.
the most annoying part is the paperwork, i have to keep some form of records so i know which rat is which and been bred by and with whom LOL
the rats are in the kitchen and get cleaned out daily so their smell isn't a problem, the mice are in the shed and get cleaned out twice a week, they don't smell too bad.
with rats, it's the males that smell as they wee everywhere, as long as they are cleaned out daily or even every other day the smell is not a problem ;) |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
5741 Posts |
Posted - 30/06/2009 : 15:08:26
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well i have a pair of rats here now, but not sure on sex...
dont think i will keep them though they are for Kazz...
but my multis are getting real big now...they are 12 weeks and the size of a medium large mouse now... |
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from
now and make a brand new ending."
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