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Mice vs. Rats???

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cdoane83

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I have two corn as well as a Red Tail Boa and was told that boas were better off with rats. I am now wondering are corns better off with rats as well?
 
Did they say if it was just the size of the rat that was better for RTBs or if they were more nutritious? I have only fed a rat pup once so I probably can't help you out much...
 
I stick with mice for corns, personally. Rats cost more and seem more "fatty." On big snakes, rats and rabbits are needed just for sheer mass.
 
I fed my adult snake small rats for a few months a few year back because she was underweight. Let me tell you , rats to pack on the lbs much faster then mice. If your corns are of proper size i'd stick with large mice for an adult corn.

I'm sure RTB's would need something more substantial then mice but for corns I'd stick with mice.
 
hey bud, i have an anery corn, he's a really healthy adult, he's on small/wheenling rats. (or however you spell it). He's doing great he gets one once a week and he is never lazy or slow to strike it's a matter of 5-10 seconds of me dangling his tasty little dinner in the cage before he's all about it. I don't think rats apposed to mice are any better "nutritionally" It's just a bigger meal. One thing you could try is to feed your corn two mice if your worried about meal size. Two small meals are always better then one large. But my guy is doing great on rats and it seems to be what he really really likes so i'd say try either way.
 
Most of my critters seem to prefer rats, so I tried to standardize on them.
The sooner they get to rat pups, the sooner they start growing.
 
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