Should I Move up to Rats?

So, this little bugger never fails to take whatever I toss in her cage. She usually eats 3 adult mice every 5 or 6 days (depends on how busy i am on the 5th day), last two weeks shes taken 4. I was wondering if i should move up to rats? im not sure she can take a small rat, but then again every time my boa eats im amazed he can take a jumbo rat..Just need a bit of advice. The included link is a picture of her, as I'm new to posting on this site, and am not too sure on how the pic link think works. She weighs about 350g, and has the best feed response of any of my bps. Any advice is helpful, thanks guys. http://instagram.com/p/qyf9FAQqJM/?modal=true

3 adult mice is somewhere about 60-70 grams of mice.

Yeah. She can take a small rat. Though I'd aim for the smaller end of that - or weanlings. You're probably looking for something like 40-50 gram rats. Labeling sizes gets weird, sometimes.

So a smaller small rat? at abut 350g?

At that size, a weaned rat is probably your best bet. Generally, they run 35-50 grams. I offer smalls to mine when then hit the 500 gram range.

Or u can feed him a meal the size of the the thickest part of his body.

I use anywhere from 10 to 15% of the snakes weight.

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

At that size, a weaned rat is probably your best bet. Generally, they run 35-50 grams. I offer smalls to mine when then hit the 500 gram range.

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I agree with this. Weaned rats would be perfect for her and if she still seems hungry after the first you can offer another :)

I give 25-30 grammes rat to my 211 grammes pastave female. She is à big eater. You can give 50 grammes rat to your python

I agree that weaned rats would be best. That is what I feed my similar sized snakes.