Feeding Rats

Hi,
A couple weeks ago I purchased an approx. 1600g het clown female. The day she came in she ate an adult mouse but the mouse seemed tiny compared to her so I left her alone for a week to calm down and get used to her new home and tried to feed her a small rat. She wasn't interested at all. Should I give her some more time and try again some other time or should I just give up and go back to mice until my ASF's are ready? This is also the first time I try to feed a rat so any info would be helpful. Thanks everyone,

Are you feeding f/t or live?

With such a big snake, you can get away with waiting another week. But if you are going to have ASFs soon, I would stick to what she will eat. You will probably have to geed her 3-4 mice though which can be a bit time consuming.

Don't try to switch the food around too much, Try a medium rat. If she doesnt eat then wait another week and try again. One mouse is way to small of a meal for a bp that size.

We've always fed live and with the ASF's breeding like crazy we'll probably keep it like that, I knew that the mouse was too small but I was out of town and my boyfriend fed her the first time. When I got back and saw how big she was I knew she'd need something bigger. The rat was the smallest the store had but she didnt like him at all, I hope she eats him the next time cause I really dont want a pet rat.

Rub mouse pee into the rat's fur before you offer it to her. This sounds gross, but it frequently works.

What was she eating when she was with the person you got her from?

I wrote to him and asked but I havent heard back yet. Whatever she was eating it doesnt look like she ever skipped a meal, maybe she just needs to settle for a little while longer.