First time feeding multiple. Seeking advice on best method

Probably not, but I do have one snake that just won't eat more than one rat per sitting. I tend to heat mine until they are just barely warm to the touch and then I dry them off with paper towels

That's a good question that I had myself. Where I am there's a gap in the sizing in stores between the large mice and the small rats. Eventually he'll be in a transition of small rats and large mice and I'll need to feed two (since there's no in between size offered) so I was wondering how to go about that myself. After feeding the first one he always goes into his hide, but his head is always poking out and he gets VERY interested if I stick my hand back in (to the point I have to keep him in the hide with a snake hook) so I imagine he'd strike a second time.

I was lucky enough that my local pet store let me pick out the biggest adult mice I could find in the bag they have. I've got 3 more in the freezer so I should be good for a while anyways.

ETA: I always heat mine by putting it in a plastic bag and running it under the tap as hot as it'll go for a couple minutes.

Mine always settled and starting hunting for more food and then I would entice them with the 2nd. Because they're in hunt mode it should be easy.

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Update: I got him eating two per feeding. I do the blow dryer trick to get him hungry, I've been heating them for longer to ensure interest, and i wear a glove to make sure he doesn't get confused with my hand. Once he takes the first and is fully ready, he starts moving around, then i start blow drying the second.
The time it takes to warm gives him enough time to get hungry again. So last night he ate about 12g, which is right where he should be for his last weight. i will weigh him again tomorrow night. Fingers crossed.

Tonight we will be moving up to two small mice up from two fuzzies. The fuzzies were about 5g apiece so he was eating around 10g-12g per feeding but he has gained weight so he is needing to eat 15g-20g now. The small mice weigh in at about 7.5g a piece give or take so that should put him around the correct amount but i'm sort of nervous because the mice seem almost twice the size. I'm a little overly cautious I think but I'm just worried about him hurting himself or regurgitating. However, the mice do seem to fall within the "widest part of the snake" rule so I may just be being paranoid. I will try to update post feed with the results, but wish us luck...

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Originally Posted by Karokash

Tonight we will be moving up to two small mice up from two fuzzies. The fuzzies were about 5g apiece so he was eating around 10g-12g per feeding but he has gained weight so he is needing to eat 15g-20g now. The small mice weigh in at about 7.5g a piece give or take so that should put him around the correct amount but i'm sort of nervous because the mice seem almost twice the size. I'm a little overly cautious I think but I'm just worried about him hurting himself or regurgitating. However, the mice do seem to fall within the "widest part of the snake" rule so I may just be being paranoid. I will try to update post feed with the results, but wish us luck...

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I was paranoid too lol it'll pass

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Update: He weighed in at 135g his last feeding day so I bumped him up to eating two 12.5 mice. He ate both without any issue. I hope to see him continue to gain weight, but he already looks markedly healthier than when I purchased him.