Gerbils??

Is there anything wrong with feeding a ball python gerbils??

I feed live and mice are $4.25. A freind will sell me excess gerbils for a buck.

Thanks

Do it...gerbils are good for picky feeders too! mice for 4.25 is a crime, sold as pets right?

Thanks Tony.

I guess people buy them as pets. I went to buy one yesterday and all they had were very small ones. They are the only place in town that sells now so they can charge whatever.

I fed my ball a gerbil today and she gobbled it up. I was just wondering if they could cause problems because they are a lot fuzzier and hairier.

BTW I grew up in the West Chicago Burbs-Maywood and Oakbrook.

Still come back for Cubs games every summer.

ahh!! Cubs fan? I'm a south sider...GO White Socks!!! and and by the way cubs fans/north sider/gerbils.....it's a good thing this is a family website because I would be able to run with that one, haha. Just playin!

OK OK

Your a sick dude Tony.

The only dark tunnel those gerbils are going in is a snakes gullet.

LOL

LOL, thanks for being a good sport!

Gerbils are crack for balls.....They love them.

The problem comes when you want to switch the snake to a bigger prey size like a rat....they get hooked on the gerbils and won't eat anything else with out a lot of work. Not to mention the fact that if you decide to sell the snake people may not want a gerbil eating ball because most of the time Gerbils cost more and are smaller.

Just my 2 cents though.....

Gerbils also have less nutrition than a similar sized rat. And when the BP is full grown, it's going to take multiple gerbils per feeding to equal one rat feeding - the $1 per gerbil won't seem such a bargain when you are feeding multiple animals.

Ever actually FEEL a gerbil? Kinda bony critters, really, at least compared to a good feeder mouse or rat. Somewhere, there was an actual nutrition breakdown....if I can find it again, I'll post it up.