What Size Rodent?

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Originally Posted by Ax01

sounds like Monty is in blue. it must be exciting for your first shed to see him get blueish-grey. make sure to increase his humidity for the next week or so while he sheds his old skin.

anyway back on topic - many pet stores skip sizes between feeders. for example, in my area the big chain pet stores skip from pinkie rat to small rat. however, there are a few sizes in between - fuzzy, crawler, weanling. the crawler is about the size of an adult mice and weanling the size or a large mice. u might have to go to another source - reptile shop, breeder or online retailer to get the correct size feeder.

also when their eyes are misty/blue, they can't see well. Make sure their prey is heated well, as they can still use their smell and heat pits to locate prey.

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Originally Posted by ShaggyRS6

Yeah he missed striking it 3 times.

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alotta folks skip feeding for their BPs/snakes while in shed b/c of this. if it cause Monty or u stress, he will be fine missing a meal for a week or so until she sheds.

Petco is not the best source for feeders. Check your local craigslist, etc for small breeders where you can get all sizes of rodent. I found a farm nearby that has healthy mice and rats and they are my supplier. Otherwise you may have to mail order frozen.

A small rat as you found out is way bigger than an adult mouse. Next size up from adult mouse (depending on the size of the adult mouse) is a rat pup or rat weanling. They should be relatively the same size as what he's been eating. If his girth is still a good bit more than the food item, you can try going up a size, but I'd stick with similar size for the transition to rats.

I have one Lesser female who is 230 grams and she eats a rat weanling and any leftovers from the smaller snakes as well as a 300 gram girl who is about to start on small rats (scarfs the weanlings and keeps looking for more at the moment).

While I feed live, if I didn't have a supplier I'd just order frozen. I've fed all my snakes frozen at some point and they didn't hesitate. Better to feed them on schedule and the right size food.

Ok, so I need to get some rat wean-lings then I guess, thanks!