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dazza
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/04/2009 : 13:52:33
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| what is a pythons fave food? my royal is on large mice but have read somewhere that they prefer rats as they have a more nutritional value for the python! just wondered what everyone feeds theirs |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 14:04:34
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Rats for sure, though if i could i would go for multi mammates purely because they originate from Africa and the fur is softer etc etc...
when i got peanut he was on mouse fluffs, but i switched him within a couple of weeks to rat pups and there has been no looking back accept for when he had an RI...but now he is sits waiting for them..lol..
and yes they are better, especially when they are bigger |
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dazza
Yearling
United Kingdom
122 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 14:05:58
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| ok, so the equivalent of a large mouse would be a rat weaner i presume then? |
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Kazerella
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 14:12:25
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| Evra likes mice, white ones that are really warm and bleeding a little. |
 
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Paulusworm
Fully Grown Royal
Azerbaijan
1550 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 14:37:12
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Pot Noodle preferable chicken and mushroom but will tolerate original spicy at a push .
Rats normally but if he refuses then an extra large mouse that looks like it has been in a bar fight. He just can't resist those. |
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dazb
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2847 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 15:52:16
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| rats are suggested as the way to go because 1 rat is suffiecient for a adult royal. they can be very fussy eaters as we all know, thats why it is advised to get them on to rats as soon as poss...If you think of how hard it is to get them to eat one meal, imagine trying to get the to eat multiple items in one sitting... |
 
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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2597 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:06:18
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| mine prefers mice but i do feed him rats,he tends to prefer the ones with bloody nose,strange that! why do some have bloody noses? |
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dazb
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2847 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:09:59
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| think its to do with the way they are PTS... |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:21:28
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| i was litterally just about to come on and ask the same question! i had to buy mice today as my local shop doesnt sell the ratty sized equivalent, so until i find somewhere that does, i'm afraid it mice for ra |
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Paulusworm
Fully Grown Royal
Azerbaijan
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:23:44
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| I usually give the rats' noses a good old flick when they are defrosted and then heat them head down in a plastic freezer bag in hot water. Makes them get a good nose bleed on. |
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wolfspirit
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:36:10
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do you know what i do..
I warm the rat up, then i open the viv doors, and use the hair dryer..lol..by the time its head is well warm Peanut is on his way...as soon as he smells dinner he is alert....lol.. |
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Paulusworm
Fully Grown Royal
Azerbaijan
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 16:43:18
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| Me too. The tub of hot water goes on a stool in front of their vivs while their dinner is heating up. |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:04:01
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| Rats asap for me. |
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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
2597 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:05:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Paulusworm
I usually give the rats' noses a good old flick. Makes them get a good nose bleed on.
And thats just for fun,nothing to do with feeding,pick on something your own size |
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Edited by - lee2308 on 10/04/2009 17:08:08 |
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karl
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 17:42:09
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I will always try to start Royals on rats, simply because they are a better meal than mice. That and the fact that every royal I have had has popped mice, never had a popped rat before.
I will drop back to mice should the snake point blank refuse, but then its rats in mice jackets ;) |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 18:25:03
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ONLY medium white mice for Queenie, fussy bugger!
i keep trying to convert him to rats though as it's much easier in the long run. |
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lee2308
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 18:55:00
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| would he take a small mouse as a starter then follow with a rat,thats what i did last week to get monty eating again as he went off rats. |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 20:58:42
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quote:
Originally posted by wolfspirit
do you know what i do..
I warm the rat up, then i open the viv doors, and use the hair dryer..lol..by the time its head is well warm Peanut is on his way...as soon as he smells dinner he is alert....lol..
i read that u did that in another thread, so now i defrost it ontop of the viv, then do what you do... it soon wakes him up :D |
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MissCat
Fully Grown Royal
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 20:59:51
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Originally posted by karl
I will always try to start Royals on rats, simply because they are a better meal than mice. That and the fact that every royal I have had has popped mice, never had a popped rat before.
I will drop back to mice should the snake point blank refuse, but then its rats in mice jackets ;)
sorry for being dim, what do you mean by popping mice? is it litterally that the mouse pops.... or something entirely different? |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 21:03:11
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Originally posted by lee2308
would he take a small mouse as a starter then follow with a rat?
nope, he won't take more than one item per feed, he broke that rule once and once only, but that was after a period of fasting.
it's how i got Marilyn the Dumerils feeding on rats though, she still has an ex-breeder (giant) mouse starter then a rat or two for her main course  |
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Gingerpony
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/04/2009 : 21:04:25
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and yes MissCat, it's a bit yukky!  |
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