Small Mice or Rat Pups/Fluffs

Hey my 6-8 week old baby male royal is about 73 grams and is feeding on small mice at the moment people are telling me to switch him to rat pups is this a good idea?

shall i switch him to rat pups or fluffs

Current Food:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...zen-small-mice

Rat Pups:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...rozen-rat-pups
Rat Fluffs:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...zen-rat-fluffs

Need as much advice as possible.. i fed him for the first time today and he took it so please help! :)

HE WAYS 73 GRAMS.. 6-8 WEEKS OLD... MALE.. CAPTIVE BRED..

I am going to be getting my first BP in a few weeks and I was told (and have read in a few places) that rats have much more nutrients, so they are prefered over mice if you snake will eat them.

Rats will be easier, when your BP gets bigger you won't have to worry about trying to switch from mice to rats. The previous owner of mine fed mice, I am going to be switching soon.

I have an avid mouser she just wont eat rats most the time and she is doing fine. the reason I prefer rats is when the snake is much older with over 1000G on them you end up feeding several mice at a time which is not only time consuming but more expensive. Switching to rats is easier when they are younger. So that is why I recomend rats as soon as you can:)

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Originally Posted by RestlessRobie

I have an avid mouser she just wont eat rats most the time and she is doing fine. the reason I prefer rats is when the snake is much older with over 1000G on them you end up feeding several mice at a time which is not only time consuming but more expensive. Switching to rats is easier when they are younger. So that is why I recomend rats as soon as you can:)

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Rat pups or Rat fluffs?
:)

rat pups are cheaper shall i try them so its not a waste of money?

The "fluffs" are closer to 15% of your snakes weight. In my opinion he would probably outgrow the pups too quickly. I would wait for someone else to weigh in though.

I would say fluffs but you may want to wait until he is a bit larger maybe 100 grams first. Also I listed in your other thread US sizes. Here pups are normally in the 20-30g range.

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Originally Posted by BPLuvr

I would say fluffs but you may want to wait until he is a bit larger maybe 100 grams first. Also I listed in your other thread US sizes. Here pups are normally in the 20-30g range.

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lol im confused here its pups, fluffs.. but in america its.. pinkies, fuzzies then pups?

i need to find a uk size chart haha

Yeah, it's like the whole metric vs imperial thing lol

You are correct; pinkies, fuzzes, then pups

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Yeah, it's like the whole metric vs imperial thing lol

You are correct; pinkies, fuzzes, then pups

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lol so confusing haha so atm i think im feeding him small mice about 7-8cm long so if i fed him rats what rats would i need to feed him in the american way? which i will start using now lol

im new to this whole stuff so im not sure about the max girth of the body etc.. just need help!

thanks