Have got gerbils and want to know how to get there scent on the F/T mouse as my balls are not eating. Read that gerbils were their natural prey and thought the scent might encourage them to eat. They are only babies reggie weighs 65 gms and Ronnie weighs 75 grams. They are not interested in food and back away from the mouse. Both fed before i brought them. Cannot get hold of gerbil fuzzies either so this is my only option other than feeding live, which i want to avoid if possible. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
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pre scenting F/T mice for balls
- Thread starter pipi5xtra
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Blue Apple Herps
aka Matthew, PhD
I would get them feeding first, even if its on live. At least for a couple of feedings, just to get them started for you. Then you can mess around with f/t.
If you want to scent it, thaw out the mouse and put it in a bag with some gerbil bedding, or you could even just rub the gerbil on it. One thing I've noticed with my bps, is two things.
One is that I pre-scent the room. I get all the f/t rats in a big zip lock bag and and let them thaw in the snake room with the bag open. I then put them in hot water for a few minutes to heat them up. By the time I'm heating them, 90% of the balls have crawled out of their hide and are in eating mode. The second thing is that I then make sure that the rats are VERY hot (as hot as they can get with hot tap water). This makes or breaks whether some will eat or not. I have a couple that if they don't eat, its because the rat isn't warm enough. So I warm it a little more and they go right for it.
If you want to scent it, thaw out the mouse and put it in a bag with some gerbil bedding, or you could even just rub the gerbil on it. One thing I've noticed with my bps, is two things.
One is that I pre-scent the room. I get all the f/t rats in a big zip lock bag and and let them thaw in the snake room with the bag open. I then put them in hot water for a few minutes to heat them up. By the time I'm heating them, 90% of the balls have crawled out of their hide and are in eating mode. The second thing is that I then make sure that the rats are VERY hot (as hot as they can get with hot tap water). This makes or breaks whether some will eat or not. I have a couple that if they don't eat, its because the rat isn't warm enough. So I warm it a little more and they go right for it.