Feed Guide for Newbies (Rats v Mice)

smy_749 · 05-10-13, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jarich

Im not sure what breakdown you are talking about.

Let me be clear again, I do not think mice are superior. I dont choose to feed mice. I actually hate mice, as they are dirty, smelly, and a huge pain to breed. Out of all my snakes, I have only one who is picky and doesnt take rats. Rats are more convenient to feed my larger snakes, and for some people like Dan, they are also cheaper. My only point this whole time was to refute your claim that rats are nutritionally superior to other rodents for feeding pythons. I have done so, with evidence above. If you really need me to, I can give you a list of some articles to read in order to understand this better, but again it will not be to show mice are better. Rather they will show that both are pretty much the same, both more than fulfill the nutritional requirements of these pythons, and there is only keeper preferences to consider.

I'm not reading all of the arguing, its too much text for me. I did read this one though, so I thought I'd ask. The boost in growth from feeding rats that people see, is that just due to them tending to feed a larger rat than they would if they were feeding a mouse?

jarich · 05-10-13, 06:17 PM

If that were happening smy, and I'm neither refuting or substantiating that, then I would assume its simply that, yes. So far as I'm aware there has not been any controlled study done on this, which would compensate for the other variables aside from nutritive quality. Would live to see one though.

KORBIN5895 · 05-18-13, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

I'm not reading all of the arguing, its too much text for me. I did read this one though, so I thought I'd ask. The boost in growth from feeding rats that people see, is that just due to them tending to feed a larger rat than they would if they were feeding a mouse?

I have a theory on this. When you feed a larger meal to a snake it causes several organ to enlarge and is considers good for the snake. I think the growth could be directly related to all of those enlarged organs. It is just what I think though.

Reptile_Reptile · 05-18-13, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I have a theory on this. When you feed a larger meal to a snake it causes several organ to enlarge and is considers good for the snake. I think the growth could be directly related to all of those enlarged organs. It is just what I think though.

interesting opinion