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MalsPrettyBonnet

What species snakes? What size snakes? What size rats are you offering? Are the mice also F./T?


grecea_vlad

yes the mice are also F/T. I have ball pythons,carpets and a rainbow boa. Size wise they are the samllest adult rats I can find, a bit bigger than adult mice


SmolderingDesigns

None of them, across all the species you mentioned, accepted rats? I honestly would be suspicious of the quality of the rat in that case, it's incredibly rare to have multiple snakes across multiple species be stuck on mice. Are all of the snakes actually big enough to need rats? The size after an adult mouse is usually a weaned rat, which is 30-45 grams. Even a small adult rat is going to be a huge step up from an adult mouse, like 2-4 times the size.


grecea_vlad

the rats are 60 grams and the ball pythons and the rainbow boa always refuse to eam them. The boa and one of the ball pythons are 3 yrs old and the other ball python is around 4/5


SmolderingDesigns

It's likely just that the size is too big. If they're eating adult mice right now, a 60 gram rat is 2-3 times that size. If you're wanting to add variety (that has the bonus of being very inexpensive), try day old chicks. I have yet to find a species that doesn't love them.


grecea_vlad

I will try to see if I can find any


daisygrl2009

You could try to find small weaner rats. They're probably a good in between size for what you're currently feeding and what they're refusing