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Originally Posted by Dragonling
I'm somewhat disappointed that you've only done 5 feedings at most. Honestly, I kind of ignored the claim that the links have double the calories because most really don't (as you said, the venison are the closest to meeting that claim). My cayenne is currently eating links of equivalent weight to the mice he'd be eating and has typically pooped twice within 48-72 hours. I currently have nothing to compare his growth to, but if I manage to get a clutch out of the pair I bought this year I'll be doing a similar experiment with fresh OOE hatchlings, since I plan to hold them back for a few sheds to decide which to keep.
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I understand the disappointment, but if the difference in growth rate were meaningful I would have expected a difference to show up during that time. I still have a couple more feedings I can do. But this just tells me that even if there is a difference, it is likely to be subtle with the rabbit/chicken blend specifically.
I was hoping for a promising preliminary result that would encourage me to try it on hatchlings and raise them to 300g on links vs mice, which would be a better experiment. But in my hands the mouse-fed group did slightly better, suggesting any difference in growth rate between rabbit/chicken links vs mice is not likely to make a difference in the big scheme of things.
After considering the calories per kg of a rabbit/chicken link vs mouse, my preliminary result is not really surprising. I would fully expect the venison links to have an effect, although they don't make them in mini links.
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