How much do rats give to snakes

[Anthony Renna]

Say I feed a 100 gram rat to a snake roughly how much would it retain weight wise of said rat

[chet1028]

Not scientific by any means but I've been feeding approx 60g rats to my BP and she has gained 30-40g each feeding. So to answer your question, around 50-60% or more.

[satomi325]

I can't answer your exact question because my snakes will eat a few meals before defecating. So I can't be accurate with the exact weigh ins after each meal and poop.
But my hatchling and sub-adult snakes gain about 80-100grams a month with weekly feedings of appropriately sized rats.

[snakesRkewl]

Closer to 25 to 30 percent, no way they retain 50% of what goes in...

[JaGv]

i feed my snake a 75-80g rat a week and she seems to be gaining 100g a month