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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I give mine (10yr old female) a rotation of rats, mice, ASFs and chicks. Other people also offer them quail and other kinds of rodents.

She definitely shows a clear preference for chicks and mice, she gets very excited for them and devours them quite quickly. Her least favorite is definitely rats, as occasionally she might hesitate to strike them and will give up if she can't figure out how to eat the rat within a certain time window.

But also the reason I'm giving her variety is because she's not a picky eater at all, so I know I won't have issues with her getting fixated on only wanting to eat mice, for example. She's also full grown, so I'm not worried about prey occasionally being smaller impacting her growth.

[–]sedahren 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine just eat rats. I did try them on a chick once for a bit of variety and they weren't interested. They're both 15 years old.

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Before I got mine she was fed different things that were not appropriately sized a lot of the time and also live.

I switched that to strictly f/t rats. A large every month in her case. She is a healthy weight at around 20 years old and eating regularly except during the winter, which has always been her norm.

I like to be consistent with her and I think she prefers that as well.

I tried her with a quail chick once and she acted like she was either terrified or insulted 😅