My boyfriend and I have been looking for a sustainable way to feed our ball python. We tried breeding rats and failed, I don't care to breed mice they're too small and most of the time the Pet store only has tiny rat pups. My SNAKE is almost 4ft long but not very thick. He needs something bigger than a feeder and smaller than a young rat. We feed him multiple feeder mice ad he likes to hunt and baby rats aren't feisty enough. Last night my boyfriend went to pet barn for feeders and they told him they had a gerbil problem someone had brought them a couple and they multiplied quickly my boyfriend brought two home a boy and girl hr wants to feed our snake their offspring. I never thought to feed him gerbils because they're so expensive.