WE LIVE UP IN THE COLD COUNTRY CANADA ONTARIO
WE HAVE ARE 3 SNAKE ,,MY SON FRIENDS, 8 SNAKES AND GROWING THIS WEEK END I AM ADDING MORE
BOXES (BIGGER BOXES 1-4 MICE PER BOX) OLD RABBIT CAGES, TAKE THE TOP OFF MAKE WOOD SCREENS ,WORKS WITH CAT PAN ,, IF YOU ARE LIVING IN ONTARIO, I MAY HELP IF NEEDED, I MAY BE MOVING INTO BREEDING RAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEK. ALL ARE SNAKES ARE SMALL NOW! BUT ARE GROWING AND ONE DAY ARE LITTLE BABIES WILL BECOME MONSTER ( WE WILL STILL LOVE THEM AT 8 OR 9 FEET LONG,4 TO 5 INCH AROUND) HA HA. ANYWAY I BREED MICE TO TRY LOWER (COST) WE WERE GOING TO TO PET STORE EVERY WEEK AND SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY , I WALKED INTO THE BACK OF THE STORE, THE SETUP THEY WERE USING , WE CAN DO IT, SO FAR IT WORKING . THE MONEY I SAVE IN GAS ALOAN PAY FOR THE ALL THE WORK I AM DOING. AND I KNOW ALLL THE SNAKE ARE FEED THIS WAY

Please do not type in caps. It is the internet equivalent of yelling.
Besides it makes it hard to read.

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

When I had snakes I moved to rats instead of mice. I was told they have more meat on them than mice, and boy, the snakes seemed to think so! They loved their rats! Even our finicky eater never gave us a problem with them...

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~Juliane~

There are a couple of points to make here I think:
1) Sav suggested that rats are healthier than mice - I would like to point out that this is not necessarily true. Rats of course grow larger than mice which means that comparitively adults will contain more calcium because of the increased bone content, and they have a larger body mass, but this does not make them healthier as such. A snake fed solely on mice will not be worse off than a snake fed solely on rats; it depends on the size of the snake for starters, as well as the individual taste of the animal, and if possible a varied diet is always a better option for any animal.

2) CrowMan, if you are to breed rodents, it is really better for all concerned to consider a different set up for your breeders - 1-1 male-female is unhealthy for the female mice/rats as the males will breed them, quite literally, to death. Could you consider housing 1 male to 3 females or house them separately and rotate the male with the different females to allow some time off for the females? This will mean that the females are healthier and in turn so will the babies. To be bred every month decreases the life span of the mother and does not give her sufficient time to build her body weight back up and increase the nutrients she needs to be able to produce healthy babies.

FYI, blood pythons grow MUCH larger than ball pythons; the average ball python will grow to 3-5ft in length and is quite chunky in comparison to something like a corn snake, whereas a blood python will grow 5-7ft and can weigh up to 40lbs as an adult! They are massive snakes, and their girth and weight as an adult comes from being very lazy snakes; they are not hunters and will simply lie in wait for their prey to find them. Boas also grow to be fairly large animals. Looking to the future it may be more beneficial for you to start breeding rats, as at least two out of your three snakes will have to be fed on them due to the size of prey that will be suitable. An adult ball python is fine on 1 small rat per week or, comparitively, 2-3 adult mice - one of our ball pythons will often refuse rats but accept mice and does fine on them.

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"If you know everything you may as well blow your brains out because the reason for existence is to learn more everyday." - Mark O'Shea, 2004

Sorry for the last post ,all in CAPS it been a few year
I agree with you about your breeding idea, 1-3 or 1-4
less male (smell) easy on the female,
I shut my set up down this week end , you wouldn't believe in an million years why ? I was broken in, somebody target my snakes, they only took the boa, so who ever it was knows snakes. All my birds are still there and they are worth 10 time the price of the one snake. anyway price mean nothing , I spent month
looking for that snake , now I have to replace it , sorry for the ____ but I am just staring out. I am so mad bye, crowman