Rats versus Mice

I have feed only mice for the 2 or so years I have had my BP, and mice for my king snake as well. But I have been considering trying out a small or med rat for my BP. She is about 3 1/2 ft long, not sure of her weight, I need to get a scale. I think she will eat whatever I put in front of her.

Usually it's been rats, (and FT ones at that) and I was breeding my own, but recently my fasting male has started eating again, but on mice. :( So at this time, it's both.

Mice. The pet shop closest to me will not sell pinkies or fuzzies.
Small adult only & they are to big for Eddy to eat. I've tried several times. My daughter does have a breeding colony of mice for my King Snake & Eddy the ball seems to eat those alot better.

Mice, and I breed my own...

Both, and some of my snakes will eat either. Rats seem to be good for the big females who are large enough to eat small-med rats. I've always had problems getting baby ball sized rats, even Petco doesn't usually carry anything less than smalls. It sucks for my one rat pup feeding girl because everything else is locally available. I think my next rodent order will be a ton of everything so i don't have the excuse to go blow lots of money at the pet stores!
"i need some mice, and woa, that's a cool hide/book/magazine!" XD


It really doesn't matter what they eat as long as they eat well!!!

I feed rats. I find they outgrow mice quickly. I have a hard enough time getting them to eat one rat a week I couldn't imaging trying to feed my large females 5+ mice a week..

Everyone has a preference pick what works for you.

I feed the babies Hoppers and then when they are large enough I start them on rats.

I feed rats whenever possible. I seem to notice better growth from my BPs as compared to mice.

One option is missing in this poll.... Both rats and mice, I dont feed rats until the snakes are big enough to eat a small-medium rat... Mice you can buy them big enough to equal the size of rats for cheaper... Jumbo mice only go so far. Then you need to feed rats...

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Originally Posted by Mochelem

One option is missing in this poll.... Both rats and mice, I dont feed rats until the snakes are big enough to eat a small-medium rat... Mice you can buy them big enough to equal the size of rats for cheaper... Jumbo mice only go so far. Then you need to feed rats...

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Really? All of my big girls who could easily consume a large rat if they needed to, are on mice. They eat 3-4 medium - large adult mice every 7-10 days(less if they are gravid or if they are chunky).

Weight of the prey is the only thing that matters. If mice are cheaper, and your snake eats them, buy those. If rats are cheaper and your snake eats them, buy those instead.