Rats, Rabbits or Pigeons?

[Shotta]

Growth rates compared to rodents or between types of quail? I only keep Jap quail so can only speak about them. They take around 6 weeks to be fully grown and weigh in around 250g compared to around 20 weeks for rats? I can only go by what I've read as I haven't bred rats since I was 8 years old

If you buy them online you could certainly breed with them as you're unlikely to get a package full of closely related eggs. I wouldn't suggest breeding offspring back to parents though.

Whenever I buy online I go through Quail Kingdom. He's very professional and very well priced. He collects, packages and sends on the same day so you're guaranteed fresh eggs.

was gonna say growth rates of snakes fed on quail compared to rats but realised you dont feed your snakes rodents lol
but thanks for the info though ill be having a look at that quail site

 

[Skeptic]

was gonna say growth rates of snakes fed on quail compared to rats but realised you dont feed your snakes rodents lol
but thanks for the info though ill be having a look at that quail site

I can't really give a qualified answer to that but I would assume it would be at least as good if not better considering the higher protein to fat ratio. I have heard that some people switch over to quail to put condition on females they intend to breed but that's purely anecdotal.