Feeding Rats To Royal

[epexlinux]

I have a 2 year old royal that I have recently started feeding rats but it is becoming a pain he dosent always take the rats and i have to end up buying mice to scent the rats which seems a waste. Last week and the week before he striked the rat but after a few minutes just left it there and then shyed away again.

Shall i keep him on large mice or still ty and get him eating rats?

[goodwin1234]

Maybe with the larger meal he isn't as hungry as often as before. Were the mice a similar size to the rats? If not, i'd probably just increase the amount of time between offering feeds.

[epexlinux]

The rats are slightlly bigger than the mice and i feed him once a week.

[goodwin1234]

That could be it then, maybe try feeding every 10 days and see how you go. Bear in mind it is breeding season though, and he may just be going off his food.

[epexlinux]

Originally Posted by goodwin1234

That could be it then, maybe try feeding every 10 days and see how you go. Bear in mind it is breeding season though, and he may just be going off his food.

I will give it a try thanks

[NickF]

Originally Posted by epexlinux

I have a 2 year old royal that I have recently started feeding rats but it is becoming a pain he dosent always take the rats and i have to end up buying mice to scent the rats which seems a waste. Last week and the week before he striked the rat but after a few minutes just left it there and then shyed away again.

Shall i keep him on large mice or still ty and get him eating rats?

i am having the same problem with mine, he doesnt seem interested when i first offer it woo him, so i leave it in his viv over night and its gone by morning, try that (:

[Brian J]

Hi there I had the same problem with my royal when I changed to rats all I did was get pure white rats the same size as the mice I was feeding and she took them. After a few weeks she would eat any rat I gave her then

Brian

[motorhead]

i have a female fire who fasted over the winter but before that would knock back small rats but when she started feeding again in the middle of march would not take them only XL mice but eats 2 or 3 at ago,its a pain really but she is eating and gaining weight so i am not fussed really!!l

[dolly_daydream]

i had a royal female who was a bugger,she was going on a kilo and she refused anything only,mouse fluffs i kid you not,so what i did was i offered her her fluff and when she struck and was on her last swallow with her mouth open i put the rats in there and she automatically started to swallow,works for me and ive never had to do it more than twice x

[**louise**]

My girl can be slightly fussy but I have found that dipping the rats head in hot water works everytime