Just tried switching to rats, is this too big?!

Please tell me what you think. I couldn't find anything smaller than this rat and mice just arnt cutting it anymore. Im worried he might hurt himself....
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...0360_thumb.jpg

That might be a tad big yet...

well he has the head down and he doesn't seem like he wants to give up and spit it back out, what do I do?

did he eat that?

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Originally Posted by giaach

well he has the head down and he doesn't seem like he wants to give up and spit it back out, what do I do?

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ah ok. You would be surprised at what these snakes can swallow. It will take him a while, but he looks big enough to be able to handle it...if not, let him figure out what to do.

IMO, yeah too big.

I would think that would be a little too big. The girth of the rodent shouldn't be much bigger than that of the snake.

A little too big, but don't rip it out of his mouth. Did he eat it? You can try two adult mice instead in the future.

JonV

He hasn't eaten in 2 weeks (moved back home) and he weighs about 420 grams. When i was at the pet store that rat looked the smallest but of course when I brought it home and looked at him side by side with Kingsley I realized that rat was too too big. I gave it to him anyway thinking maybe it will be okay, he grabbed it and killed it right away but he's struggling to get it down as we speak.

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Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj

A little too big, but don't rip it out of his mouth. Did he eat it? You can try two adult mice instead in the future.

JonV

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2 adult mice arn't enough, the mice around here are all so tiny it takes 3 to satisfy him.

If that's the case you could put up the dough and buy the 3 adult mice until he gets big enough for the one rat (which may not take that long) or maybe try and get a breeding colony going?

Did he eat the rat?

JonV