Right now I only have two BPs and a boa. The boa is the easiest pet ever. He eats every week, never misses unless he's about to go into shed. All I do is leave a f/t rat in there and in the morning it's gone. Simple.

The BPs . . . well . . .they're a bit more work regarding feeding. They love live mice, though I've been able to convert them over to f/t. But that's time consuming, especially with the pastel. She takes her sweet time deciding when to strike and then when she does she often misses a few times and I have to start over again. Oh, and I can't seem to interest her in rats. She only eats two mice now, but when she's eating five or six that's going to be a long night.

So this is okay with just two BPs, but I'd eventually like to get up to 10 or so. There's no way I can stand around for four or five hours working with f/t with them at that point.

So, long prelude to the question: how many snakes does one need when it makes sense to start breeding mice? I'm thinking four or five. What do you guys think?

Thanks,
Payton