could she eat this rat???

alright. cool. thanks alot. im just worried bout her. i love her to death. shes just so little. she was a skinny little girl when i got her. the guy knew alot about them though. they own like a store just for snakes. he told me noone will take her cause she was so small. he said she needed a good home. so i got and she is finally growing. she isnt my first snake my cousin has alot. i always helped with his. so i know a good bit about them. i just wanted to see if she will get it down. she is getting much bigger. and she is so sweet. she loves to be held she will lay on my chest. and just chill. she has never bit me or anything!

aww...that is such a good story! They say that the same size rat has more grams to it...so it is a good idea. I need to switch mine ot rats but I am such a chicken...I know I need to take the plunge...lol


My newbie sounds allot like yours ...she is the sweetest baby ever...poor little thing has stuck head shed and eyecaps and is so skinny but she is just a little tiny love bug.

lol. yeah. ive heard they are better. so im trying. just give it a try. make sure they arent to big. a little bigger than the snake probly wouldnt really hurt it at all. i mean in the wild the will most likely go for it! and thanks bout the story thing. haha. add me as a friend. i need more :)

cmon guys obv the snake could take it down but should you feed it that thats a little iffy.

Hi,

I agree she could probably eat it but it is a little larger than normally recommended.

I would make sure the temps in her enclosure are bang on to prevent any problems with digestion and give her an extra day or two after eating before thinking about handling or anything like that.


dr del

yeah. thats what i plan on. is waiting. and her temp and humidity is perfect. so she will prob be ok. i bet she will get it down like a champ. but if yall dont think i should tell me

You might see a lump for a day or so but she'll be fine.

I'd feed that to her with zero worries. She can take it and be just fine. No squishing of the rat is necessary - she'll take care of it when she eats it. Might take her longer than you're used to to eat it, but no big deal.

I say just feed her the rat and watch if she has trouble take it out.. I give my blood which is about the same size as your BP rats that size and she has them down like four flat tires... As does my pastel he gets live but still the same size too.. just feed and watch.

Cheers

The reason they say to make sure it's the same diameter as the biggest part of the snake is because a lot of times you may have to go a tad smaller, or a tad bigger, and it's ok. It won't hurt the snake, and it may even take them longer to digest. I've seen some snakes take down some prey bigger then what that rat was to the bp. The thing is with digesting like dr del stated. The larger the prey, longer to digest. As long as your temps are on the lower side and stay spot on, she'll digest it with no problems.