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Well I called the pet store to find out when the last time spikey (my son named him) ate. He told me last Thursday. Spikey seemed much calmer today so I figure I would offer him a f/t adult mouse I had. He hammered that mouse real fast.:gj: He swallowed allot quicker than I am used to seeing my female eat. Almost like he didn't eat in weeks. He even looked like he wanted seconds after he adjusted his jaws. Too bad I didn't have anything. I'm wondering if I should offer a rat next week? :confused: He is large enough for it but I'm not sure if he ever ate a rat & what size should I offer. Need some tips on getting him to go for it just in case. Should I do live or f/t for the 1st time?

Offer something about as wide around as his widest point. There lots of active threads on how to make the switch in both the husbandry and general bp sections that go back on literally every page since the creation of this site.

If you don't have a scale it is a very good investment (a digital kitchen/food scale). You can pick one up at Walmart (when I got mine they were only available online) for about twenty bucks. Most people recommend that you feed a rat as big around as the snake, and about 10-15% of the snake's total body weight.

As far as switching from mice to rats I have never done anything different with any of my snakes. I just did the switch and have always had luck. If you are feeding f/t mice I would continue feeding f/t when you switch to rats.

If he has only eaten once for you; you might want to keep him on mice for a few more meals before you do the switch.

Good luck!