Mice to rats

how hard is the switch? and whats the rat equivalent to an adult mouse.

How hard the switch is almost always depends on the snake. Personally, I've never had an issue with it, but I always make the switch when the snake is young and is programed to eat anything in order to put on size and weight.

Some people want to feed mice until a snake is into adulthood then get tired of having to give multiple mice per feeding. When they try to switch them over as adults, it can be a much bigger probelm. Some BPs can be pickey and the best tip I've heard is to get some mouse bedding from a pet store and rub it on the rat before presenting it. Before you mess around with that, though, you should first try a straight switch.

As for the size question, that's kind of hard to answer because everyone seems to have a different size scale. Off the top of my cranium I would say that any snake that can eat a large mouse can probably handle a small rat in the 50 gram range. This is another reason a digital scale is an essential piece of gear for any snake keeper to have. Weighing the prey before feeding takes out all the guess work.

Depends on the snake, Most wont take to rats when their hatchlings. I work on switching them once their able to take rat pups. Mot switch , but some dont, and ones that dont will be fed ASF

well the biggest ball i have is right around 400 grams and my others are in the 180-230 range.

Try switching, buy each a live rat pup(eyes still closed) and put in the cage over night and check back in morning.

The pups either be gone(good feeder) or still there(stubborn Feeder)

X 7? that it depends on the snakes. Mine are all at or under 250 grams and I had no problem switching. My largest one would only eat live mice because the guy I bought him from fed live rats, but as soon as I offered a frozen rat he took it no problem.