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Only wants rats???

jsschrei

jsschrei

Perpetual Learner
I have a female 2008 that for a year and a half has eaten F/T mice (an infrequent F/T rat if I was out of mice), and all of a sudden only wants rats! Has anyone had this happen? I do have boas and balls too, and they get rats. Could she have smelled them all this time and just up and wanted the rats only one day?

It's not a problem for me to give her F/T rat pups, I just think it is odd.
 
ShenziSixaxis said:
It happens. My okeetee doesn't take mice with fur unless there's lots of blood.
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Interesting. F/T lots of blood, or live? I might try that next feeding day. My F/T aren't bloody unless they are thawed when vacuum-packed. I'll make sure I have a bloody one and see if that tempts her.

Thanks!
 
I have three corns that only eat rats. One got like that at the point where he would have switched from fuzzies to hoppers. He would never take hoppers. One took a rat pink after a months-long hunger strike, and now only eats adult mouse-sized rats. One came from a breeder where I think he was fed rats.
 
Just be aware that rats are higher in fat than mice, so you may need to adjust your feeding schedule accordingly.
 
Sweetseraph said:
Just be aware that rats are higher in fat than mice, so you may need to adjust your feeding schedule accordingly.
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I know :( That's why all of my ither corns are on mice. I don't want them all getting fat. To keep her on the same schedule as the others I might just feed her a smaller prey item than normal.
 
I think rats also have higher concentrations of protein, and thicker bones so more calcium. Don't quote me on this, though. It was late when I read that and didn't bother to book mark it.

On the topic of rats, does anyone here feed only ASF or normal rats to their corns (excluding hatchlings that need tiny pinks)?
 
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