feeder mice question - FaunaClassifieds
FaunaClassifieds  
  Tired of those Google and InfoLink ads? Upgrade Your Membership!
  Inside FaunaClassifieds » Photo Gallery  
 

Go Back   FaunaClassifieds > Reptile & Amphibian - Snake Discussion Forums > Cornsnakes & Ratsnakes Discussion Forum

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-16-2012, 06:09 PM   #1
aambumann
Question feeder mice question

I have just purchased 1.1 adult corn snake. The people I bought them from told me the female will eat 4 adult mice and the male will eat 3 adult mice. Since I bought them on their feeding day that is what I fed them. My questions are should I up the size of prey? and Where is a good place to order healthy feeder mice? Their feeding day will be coming up again on 5-19-12 What is the difference between white, dark and hairless adult mice.
 
Old 05-18-2012, 07:51 PM   #2
Pasodama
Three, or four, adult mice is overkill.
A Cornsnake only needs ~one~ appropriately sized feed item per feeding.
An appropriate sized feed item is at least the same girth (minimum), as the widest portion of the snake's girth, and up to 1.5 times (maximum) the widest portion of the snake's girth.
See here what I wrote for feeding times of an adult Corn: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=305710

Whether the feed item is black, white, grey, brown, gold, spotted, etc., or hairless, makes no difference.
Although, with the hairless, I imagine digestion may be slightly easier (though, typically, unnecessary) ... &/or maybe handling is better for people who are allergic to mice.

Many pet stores carry frozen mice but the price is, comparatively, high.
A cheaper route is to purchase mice from companies/breeders that supply them. Only thing is that they sell in bulk (i.e. each bag can have a 25, 50, 100 count).
There are plenty of companies to choose from. Although there are more, here are just a few that I have had good/okay experience with:
http://www.americanrodent.com/welcome.html
https://micedirect.com/
http://www.rodentpro.com/
You can also check for local suppliers/breeders.
 
Old 05-20-2012, 04:06 PM   #3
aambumann
Thanks for all the info. Today was feeding day and I did feed them only 1 appropriately sized prey.
 

Join now to reply to this thread or open new ones for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com is the largest online community about Reptile & Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one classifieds service with thousands of ads to look for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE. Click Here to Register!

 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Live & FROZEN Feeder Mice (all range) & Pregnant Mice - Atlanta GA jeffnix Feed and Feeders For Sale/Wanted 0 12-11-2011 05:03 PM
Feeder pig question collisonzoo Feed, Caging, Supplies & Services 0 05-14-2009 06:33 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:41 AM.







Fauna Top Sites


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.05107594 seconds with 12 queries
Content copyrighted ©2002-2022, FaunaClassifieds, LLC