Inconsistent feeding switching to rats
My juvenile male ball python, approx. 6 months old (haven’t weighed him) is outgrowing all but the largest breeder mice. I’m in the process of switching to rat pups. He will take them occasionally, but seems to skip a week in between feedings. If he rejects the rat, I hold off until the next week to offer another. Then during the second week, he will take it. The rat pup does not appear to be larger than the breeder size mice I was feeding him either. He did have a much stronger feeding response on mice.
Should I just hold him to a bi-weekly schedule? Or what adjustments do you suggest to help him be more consistent?
Re: Inconsistent feeding switching to rats
BPs aren’t very big snakes so having a “mouser” isn’t the end of the world, but if you really want him on rats then only offer rats. If he prefers eating them every 14 days that’s fine too.