Need help with possible new baby

[JessaNichele]

Hey guys, I was hoping for some advice, I lost my snake a while ago due to complications from malnutrition prior to me rescuing her and am now a little paranoid, I found someone who breeds his own snakes and is selling a yellow belly pastel ball, she hatched on August 5th, but he says he won't rehome her until she's had 3 meals and she's only had 1 so far, and he's feeding weaned rats, so I'm just wondering, is this normal?
Thank you in advance.

[JessaNichele]

I'm only concerned because weaned rats are pretty large for how small she is and I wasn't sure why she's only eaten once if she's two months old. But I don't breed so I don't know if this is normal behavior or not.

[Asherah]

Are you sure he said rats? There is no way a hatchling would be able to swallow a rat of that size.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

There is NO WAY a snake that hatched in august feeds on weanling rats a weanling rat is around 40 grams, hatchling BP are around 60/80 grams out of the egg

If the animal has only ate once since august it is a poor feeder and I would recommend you to move on and find a healthy animal that is a strong feeder.

[piedlover79]

One meal since Aug 5th? Nope. Move along.

If you are nervous about a new snake don't get a hatchling, get a well started yearling or adult. Less chance of anything going wrong with a well established snake.