Making another attempt at switching from mice to rats. Advice?

SWDK · 06-19-16, 05:59 PM

Just be patient and persistent. Just don't try to offer food too often as that can sometimes make them shy away. As long as its not loosing weight then not eating for a little while should not be much of an issue. Did you try going to the pet store and asking for the soiled mouse bedding? Then you can put the rat pup in with the bedding to really get a good scent going.

This is a gamble, but you could also try a live rat pup as a last resort. That can sometimes backfire though and make them only want live prey.

Zelg · 06-19-16, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SWDK

Just be patient and persistent. Just don't try to offer food too often as that can sometimes make them shy away. As long as its not loosing weight then not eating for a little while should not be much of an issue. Did you try going to the pet store and asking for the soiled mouse bedding? Then you can put the rat pup in with the bedding to really get a good scent going.

This is a gamble, but you could also try a live rat pup as a last resort. That can sometimes backfire though and make them only want live prey.

I dont have anywhere near by that sells rat pups. Just small adults. I recently just got him onto F/T (in the past couple months) so I'm trying to avoid live. Though I've tried live in the past and the rats were very bullish and just scared him.

I'm trying feeding every 10 days (same schedule as my new carpet). I'll go to petco and see if I can get some of their mouse bedding and see how that goes....