I GOT BABYS

boacrazy · Senior Member

I GOT BABYS

SCOTLANDUKBOA · Mod Team

Boo hoo the parents are the little critters wink

I bought you lol, the babas look so cute, its kinda fast how they have bred aint it?

Awww biggrin

Have fun....................linda smile

boacrazy · Senior Member

here they are a week on

boacrazy · Senior Member

o and one of my rats droped yesterday she had 12 babys should be able to start cutting down the old food bill soon lol

Lizardlover · Mod Team - Mother Hen!

Ww bless such cuite little ones.
I have only ever seen frozen ones.
They do breed fast dont they.

So dave, what do you do with them, do you just freeze em or do you have to do something else before you freeze em.
Sorry not sure if you can just freeze em direct as they are live.

They look so cute it must be hard when you 1st breed em to freeze em. I know they are the food chain but they jsut look so cute n cuddley bless!
I know Ian also breeds his own. Its hard work i beleive! and time consuming

boacrazy · Senior Member

Yer they breed fast lin they can become pregnent again within 24 hour of givin birth to. So you do really need to remove the male or you could end up with her givin birth again b4 uve weaned the 1st babys away from her then she would have to feed them. I take the males away for 4 weeks then she gets a 4week break b4 she has2 go throgh all the feeding again. As for euthanasia the the best way is co2 gas some people do just freeze them but it's illegal and not very humane.

Lizardlover · Mod Team - Mother Hen!

ah rite. well Sean (lightbulb) has just started breeding his own and he asked what to do with them - jsut after i had posted actually . so he is gonna keep an eye on this post so he knows what to do.
He did show me a vid on youtube about what to do - but it was not very nice IMO

I much prefer the Co2 idea!

God i knew they were fast little things but didnt realise they can breed again in such a short time span! So you really gotta have your eye on the ball then!
rather you than me.
for the few snakes small we got its far easier to go to the shop lol!

boacrazy · Senior Member

all im thinkin about is havin nice fat helthy rats all the 1s ive had from some shops are just skin an bone not much meat on them i want to make sure my snakes eat something worth eating.
heres some links that may help anyone thats interested in doing it.

http://health.ratzrus.co.uk/euthanasia.htm

http://livingartreptiles.tripod.com/id61.html

http://www.repvet.co.za/food_ratsmice_euthanase.php

http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/rat_rack/ratrack.shtml

http://www.johnhopewell.co.uk/default.asp?template=sitehome.page.xml

Lizardlover · Mod Team - Mother Hen!

thats excellent Dave thanks for that!

Im sure soem peopel will find those links very useful as i know ther are quite a few people that have started breeding their own food.

lightbulb1976 · Member

i done one last night using the wall method, i felt so sorry for him. royal liked him though.

i would prefer co2 but i dont know how to make it. apart from blowing in a box (hopefully no halitosis),

sean

boacrazy · Senior Member

you can get co2 from boc
http://www.boc-gases.com/products_and_services/by_product/beverage_dispense_gases/index.asp

or you could try your local pub landlord