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| jimmer7 |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 10:25:26
Hi what sort of weight should your royal be ,before they can go on to rat pups,Last time i weighed Winston he was 166g that was about a month ago. i have been feeding him mice about 15+g ever 5 days.He have not long shed plus he is due a feed tomorrow so i am going to weigh him tonight to see how much weight he have put on. |
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| anatess |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 18:32:04
Just for fyi:
For juvenile royals, you can use the 10%-15% rule of thumb to determine feeder size. Basically, you take the royal's weight then take between 10 to 15% of that weight to be the weight of the feeder rat. So, for a 166g royal, you can offer a rat pup within the 16-25g weight range.
I feed my baby royals rat pinkies out of the egg. I don't bother offering mice at all.
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| jimmer7 |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 19:31:56
cheers will do that,i will keep the 3 smallest ones and give that a try.Just posted some up to date pics of Winston. |
| Evolution Morphs |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 13:50:50
keep some back and rub the rat all over with a defrost mouse
that way it will smell mouse but eat rat ;)
worked for my pinstripe |
| n/a |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 13:09:24
I'd use up all your mice first - definitely a shame to waste them, and then start him on rats. |
| jimmer7 |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 12:39:15
hi could i offer mice one feed then rat the next,as i still got 8 mice left in freezer ranging from 18g-30g shame to waste them. |
| n/a |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 10:54:49
Hi, at that weight I reckon he could manage 2 rat pups or a small fluff. He can go on to rats any time - the sooner the better. |
