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JodiT
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11/10/2012 : 10:42:55
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I'm having a bit of trouble with my girl Fifi. I've been trying to get her onto rats for a while now but she's just not having it, and she's quite a big girl..
She's only ever eaten one rat, and that was the first time I ever tried to feed her one. After that, every time I tried to give her a rat she wouldn't eat it, but if I put a mouse in after she took it straight away. So at the moment I'm just feeding her two mice instead of one rat.
Any way I can get her to come around to eating rats instead of mice? Or shall I just carry on feeding her two mice..? |
0.1 Normal Royal - Fifi
1.0 Normal Royal - Milo
1.0 Spider Royal - Rupert
0.1 Corn Snake - Flo |
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Evolution Morphs
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2265 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2012 : 11:34:21
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Try defrosting the mouse in the same bag as the rat And rubbing it all over
The more smell of mouse you can get on the rat the better
Good luck |
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JodiT
Yearling
United Kingdom
149 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2012 : 14:15:35
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Okay will do thanks :)
Someone I know suggested trying chicks.. but I heard they aren't as good for them as rats/mice? |
0.1 Normal Royal - Fifi
1.0 Normal Royal - Milo
1.0 Spider Royal - Rupert
0.1 Corn Snake - Flo |
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Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2265 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2012 : 14:28:06
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Skinny little buggers
I'd stick with what I said and it's worked for all my mousers tricking them |
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JodiT
Yearling
United Kingdom
149 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2012 : 16:12:24
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Okay will do thanks :)
Fifi has always been a bit funny eating.. she once fasted for 6 months when she was only about a year old. I was not happy haha |
0.1 Normal Royal - Fifi
1.0 Normal Royal - Milo
1.0 Spider Royal - Rupert
0.1 Corn Snake - Flo |
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matildasmum
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/10/2012 : 17:21:07
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| ive just gotten my wee baby to eat rats, last night actually, i have the frozen rats in beside the frozen mice and that seemed to do the trick, i did however make the rats head a bit bloody before offering the meal, what ever it was did the trick cause she chowed down straight away, long may it last, hope you get your big girl onto rats sucessfully, x |
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JodiT
Yearling
United Kingdom
149 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2012 : 14:19:24
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| I'm going to have a go tonight so I'll let you know how I get on! My other snakes are so good they eat everytime.. Fifi seems to be a bit of a rebel! |
0.1 Normal Royal - Fifi
1.0 Normal Royal - Milo
1.0 Spider Royal - Rupert
0.1 Corn Snake - Flo |
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Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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JodiT
Yearling
United Kingdom
149 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2012 : 18:25:50
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| It worked! I put the mouse and rat in to defrost together amd rubbed the mouse all over the rat and she went straight for it! :) thanks for all your advice guys |
0.1 Normal Royal - Fifi
1.0 Normal Royal - Milo
1.0 Spider Royal - Rupert
0.1 Corn Snake - Flo |
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Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
2265 Posts |
Posted - 15/10/2012 : 18:39:30
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Congrats :)
Keep doing it for a while
Then after so many feeds
Try it without defrosting/rubbing the mouse on the rat |
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Mice to rats...
