Taceas
USW = UB313
Well I thought I'd put some pics up of my pair of rats. =)
I had rats a few years ago, but they started going berserk and killing each other and the babies, so I decided enough was enough. But since most of my corns are getting up there in size, I thought it'd be a good idea to keep a small amount of fresh rats around for a higher nutritional meal for my adult snakes.
I got Digit from Tammy Jenkin's feeder bin. She came over to pick up some extra mice I had. She had stopped off at another area friend and picked up her extras, which included rats in the box. So as Tammy was dumping in my mice, I spotted Digit. He had a small tan spot on his rump and was sweet as can be when I picked him up. I blinked at her, and I got Digit.
Small and helpless, but he did have his eyes open and had just started getting teeth. But I fed him baby formula for a couple of weeks while he started eating the solid lab blocks, and he grew up nicely. The older he gets, the more sealpoint he's exhibiting. Supposedly his mother was a Siamese rat. So we'll see how it goes on down the road.
He got his name due to the anomaly on his left front foot, a couple of his toes are malformed and/or missing bones. But aside from the odd way he walks with it, it doesn't slow him down much.
A few weeks ago, I got him a girlfriend, Brigette..and she looks to be in the early stages of pregnancy. Lots of nest-building, obessive cleaning, and filling out in the middle.
So here are pics of Digit and Brigette:
:crazy02:
I had rats a few years ago, but they started going berserk and killing each other and the babies, so I decided enough was enough. But since most of my corns are getting up there in size, I thought it'd be a good idea to keep a small amount of fresh rats around for a higher nutritional meal for my adult snakes.
I got Digit from Tammy Jenkin's feeder bin. She came over to pick up some extra mice I had. She had stopped off at another area friend and picked up her extras, which included rats in the box. So as Tammy was dumping in my mice, I spotted Digit. He had a small tan spot on his rump and was sweet as can be when I picked him up. I blinked at her, and I got Digit.
Small and helpless, but he did have his eyes open and had just started getting teeth. But I fed him baby formula for a couple of weeks while he started eating the solid lab blocks, and he grew up nicely. The older he gets, the more sealpoint he's exhibiting. Supposedly his mother was a Siamese rat. So we'll see how it goes on down the road.
He got his name due to the anomaly on his left front foot, a couple of his toes are malformed and/or missing bones. But aside from the odd way he walks with it, it doesn't slow him down much.
A few weeks ago, I got him a girlfriend, Brigette..and she looks to be in the early stages of pregnancy. Lots of nest-building, obessive cleaning, and filling out in the middle.
So here are pics of Digit and Brigette:
:crazy02:
