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jimmer7
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25/01/2012 : 10:25:26
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| 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. |
Winston Pinstripe
Pepsi Lesser Yb
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Dr marshmallow brazilan black terranchala
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Posted - 25/01/2012 : 10:54:49
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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. |
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jimmer7
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
661 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 12:39:15
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| 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. |
Winston Pinstripe
Pepsi Lesser Yb
Ronnie Sulfur Mojave
Sponge bob Firefly
Dr marshmallow brazilan black terranchala
Skellator costa Rican zebra T
Plus4 hissing cockroaches.
Reggie CA dwarf boa het blood
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Posted - 25/01/2012 : 13:09:24
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| I'd use up all your mice first - definitely a shame to waste them, and then start him on rats. |
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Evolution Morphs
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/01/2012 : 13:50:50
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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 |
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jimmer7
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
661 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2012 : 19:31:56
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| 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. |
Winston Pinstripe
Pepsi Lesser Yb
Ronnie Sulfur Mojave
Sponge bob Firefly
Dr marshmallow brazilan black terranchala
Skellator costa Rican zebra T
Plus4 hissing cockroaches.
Reggie CA dwarf boa het blood
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anatess
Sub Adult
USA
669 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2012 : 18:32:04
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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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Snake owner since Oct 2008, so yeah, I'm no expert.
0.1.0 pastel royal
1.0.0 spider royal
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0.0.1 wild-type royal
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