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Should I switch to rats?

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jimmythetiger

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So I’ve decided that most if not all mice are evil and stupid lol. They eat each other, they eat their babies and they suck as parents in general. Maybe its just the mice around here, but I’m getting sick of it. My question is, should I wait till my mice let their lives run their course and then switch to rats? (My corn is big enough to eat their pinkies) or should I get new mice till I find some that are better? Is there an easier species of mice? The reason I ask is because ... well the above and the fact that rats tend to be better parents, better around other rats, and are friendlier in general. Any input would be appreciated. Oh, and no I don’t want ASF’s, one because they are expensive, and two, there are none around here lol.
 
Well my friend has mice and there not that bad. The only thing i could think of for as rats go they are pretty smart and tame. I had one as a pet for years. The rats as adult get pretty big and i think a corn would have problems eating adult rats. but if feed small there would be no issue i dont think.
 
well Id only keep a couple adults purely for breeding. And I have mice. They're horrible. On top of that I get about only one litter every 2 months or so... if that
 
Just my opinion....
rats have more fat content then mice and most are too big for corns.
Rats are also very social, intelligent, clean and fantastic pets...to me it's a shame to use them as food when you don't have to.

Everyone should just do as I do, and buy frozen as needed :)
 
cept I have one snake... it would take a year to go through a bag of 50, and I'm pretty sure that's not too good for the nutritional value.. not to mention the lack of freezer room
 
jimmythetiger said:
cept I have one snake... it would take a year to go through a bag of 50, and I'm pretty sure that's not too good for the nutritional value.. not to mention the lack of freezer room
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Easy solution....get more snakes!!! :)

You could look for a good pet shop near you that's not a chain that carries frozen mice too. Even if they are a little pricey, it's better than feeding and cleaning a colony of mice for one snake, time and money-wise....
 
my pet store always has mice. Why buy a rat. An adult mouse cost 1.49. Thats all a corn needs every 10 days to 2 weeks. Why breed unless you live in the sticks...
 
Either way. I'm GOING to breed the food nevertheless. I'm not asking for alternatives, I just want to know if rats are better mothers. Basically.
 
jimmythetiger said:
Either way. I'm GOING to breed the food nevertheless. I'm not asking for alternatives, I just want to know if rats are better mothers. Basically.
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Rats are great mothers. They are also intelligent social animals that mourn the death of a cage mate. They are also not the best food, size wise and fat-wise for a cornsnake....
 
If you have an adult corn... maybe getting a pair of rats would not be bad at all. They can eat a crawler-weaned rat relatively easy. Rats will eat eachother, their young, and anything else that they can put in their belly. Mice are just more prone to cannibalism, than rats are. What are you feeding the mice as food? is their plenty of water in the enclosure? is it hot where their being kept? these are not solutions to end it completley, but hopefully will help. they need proper nutrition just like anything else.
 
I have raised mice and rats for many years. Tens of thousands of the little suckers. All the bad things you mentioned can happen but if they happen consistently then I think the problem is with the keeper and not the kept. I would predict you will have similar problems with rats, hamsters, gerbils or ASF.

Take a look at your set up. Take a look at the feed you use. Take a look at how they are housed or handled. Take a look at you. Read a book. Look in a lot of directions before you blame one of the most prolific animals on earth.
 
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