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alanhoo
06-21-2005, 02:03 AM
Today, one of my male rat died(The one I pulled out 1.5 weeks ago). I wonder why??? Die because of loneliness????.

Now I left with 1 male and 8 female adults and lot of babies.

As for mice, I probably have 30+-. Hunter and Lucy really eat well and their population more or less under control.
dirty_harry
06-21-2005, 05:50 AM
good to hear about the mice... as far as the rat... they don't live too terribly long... i think two or three years is ancient by rat standards.
Amelia
06-21-2005, 08:50 AM
Yes a few years is the typical life span for rats, and for breeding females, its a lot shorter. Breeding really takes it out of animals.
alanhoo
06-21-2005, 06:43 PM
So many females to one male, no wonder. Sex kills!?! [ROFLMAO]
SnakeAddict
06-21-2005, 07:59 PM
Sometimes you have to be jealous of the rat........except for the whole getting eaten by a snake later on........
dirty_harry
06-23-2005, 03:28 PM
Sometimes you have to be jealous of the rat........except for the whole getting eaten by a snake later on........


you have to admit, its a fair trade.
alanhoo
06-23-2005, 07:18 PM
I am thinking of training a male rat so I can use him both to perofrm some tricks as well as for breeding. (The other unlucky males will be eaten by snake first :kll: ) Anyone here trained any rat before?
SnakeAddict
06-24-2005, 03:40 AM
Yeah.......my rats can do tricks.......they can bury the snake in aspen
dirty_harry
06-28-2005, 01:19 PM
i have heard of people training them to do all sorts of stuff... i haven't tried it myself, but i would imagine it would involve something like training a dog
SnakeAddict
06-28-2005, 06:25 PM
Yeah, except at my place, if the rat does something wrong.........snake food. So far, no one has done a trick right........
alanhoo
06-30-2005, 12:12 AM
Right now, I am trying to train my rat pups to become snake food , did not work out. :(

Will try again another session.
dirty_harry
07-01-2005, 10:18 AM
Right now, I am trying to train my rat pups to become snake food , did not work out. :(

Will try again another session.


:lol: keep at it... they'll get it eventually!
brownsfan222
07-04-2005, 05:58 PM
are rat pups more nutritious than adult mice? Or are they even the same size?
alanhoo
07-04-2005, 06:41 PM
I heard so, but don't know whether it is true. As for the size, they can be of same size, but after a week, rat pups will be much bigger than adult mice.

My sad story is my snakes are yet to comsume any rat pups. :(
alanhoo
09-09-2005, 03:39 AM
HEREBY I DECLARE I HAVE NO MORE MOUSE. :kll:
dirty_harry
09-09-2005, 01:41 PM
congrats!... i'm glad to hear you kicked the habit! :p
alanhoo
10-18-2005, 08:32 PM
Just too many rats, I NEED MORE SNAKES. :(