What is the smallest kind of adult snake that can eat a jumbo rat?

I'm looking for a 'pet' snake to add to my breeding project. Right now I have king snake and ball pythons, but as far as I know neither one can handle a jumbo rat as an adult, need something that will eat my old breeders as I replace them. I'm looking for some kind of snake that can eat a jumbo rat, one that has a great appetite and one that doesn't get as big as my couch LOL. I think reticulated pythons are a bit too big for me, need something I can handle by myself. Maybe a boa? Blood python? ???

A female BCI (not a dwarf locality) can eat a jumbo rat every 4-6 weeks. A male SD retic can take one every 10-14 days.

Blood python, jumbo once every 10 to 14 days.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Blood python, jumbo once every 10 to 14 days.

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Would a borneo just do larges, then? Since they're just a bit smaller than an actual blood?

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I don't like the bad attitude that most blood pythons have. Would love to try a dwarf retic!!

blood, borneo, bci, coastal carpet females, diamond female. and then there's sumatran short tails. probably a lot of folks would say they don't get that big. they certainly don't get as large as bloods and borneos, but i feed mine jumbos. they take them with no problem. just remember these are pretty low metabolism (aka lazy) snakes, a jumbo will do them just fine every 3-4 weeks.

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Originally Posted by cchardwick

I don't like the bad attitude that most blood pythons have. Would love to try a dwarf retic!!

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Dwarf retics don't exactly have the best reputation for temperament either. Mine's got quite the 'tude when he wants to be a doo-doo head.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

A female BCI (not a dwarf locality) can eat a jumbo rat every 4-6 weeks. A male SD retic can take one every 10-14 days.

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Ha! You know when i'm trying to figure out the next snake, and i want it to be medium big, my default is BI/BC, but then i see some insanely nice looking SD and think, "Well how much more maintenance could it really be?" Thanks for the reality check! :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by dkatz4

Ha! You know when i'm trying to figure out the next snake, and i want it to be medium big, my default is BI/BC, but then i see some insanely nice looking SD and think, "Well how much more maintenance could it really be?" Thanks for the reality check! :rolleye2:

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Yeah just remember what goes in does come out. With that higher metabolism for retics more goes in... and more comes out...