Where to get frozen rodents?

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Originally Posted by Ditto

Oh okay, what would you recommend getting? How hard is it to switch to rats?

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How hard it is varies snake to snake. BPs can be frustrating or they can switch first try. But it's typically advised to switch while they're still fairly young.

In your situation, I would probably wait a little while, since your snake has started with mice and is only getting pinkies. Let him get a few solid months of properly sized meals and then try to switch over.
I switched my BP over some time after he hit 400 grams and he switched first try. I've only had one other BP and she was already on rats when I got her. The rest of my snakes have all been other species.

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

How hard it is varies snake to snake. BPs can be frustrating or they can switch first try. But it's typically advised to switch while they're still fairly young.

In your situation, I would probably wait a little while, since your snake has started with mice and is only getting pinkies. Let him get a few solid months of properly sized meals and then try to switch over.
I switched my BP over some time after he hit 400 grams and he switched first try. I've only had one other BP and she was already on rats when I got her. The rest of my snakes have all been other species.

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Okay, so would 25 small mice and maybe 25 rat pups be okay? Would a different size rat be better/more suitable?

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Originally Posted by Ditto

Okay, so would 25 small mice and maybe 25 rat pups be okay? Would a different size rat be better/more suitable?

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That would work. I think if it were me I'd go with weaned rats though.

I dont know if it will help, but here is my story with my Ball Python and how i feed her as she grows...
but remember this is my Python's story and they are
ALL DIFFERENT.

Got my Normal Female BP on February 2018
(she was born in December 2017)

(NOTE: i always Feed her 1-2 rodents per feeding,
every 7 days) (depending on the rodent's weight and girth compared to her's)

She was 92g when i got her, and i first fed her mice fuzzies i bought at the petstore (local not bigbox)
After 1 1/2 months she was 120g and i had almost ran out of mice. and i was SOO afraid of buying too many rodents that where either to small or to large. So after many many hours of research and planning.
i bought this supply of RATS:
10 Rat Pinky: 10g
10 Rat Fuzzy: 15g
15 Rat Pups: 25g
25 Rats Weaned: 35g

she switched over to F/T Rats with no trouble (thank God)
and as she continued to grow rapidly, i would always feed her around 10% of her body weight every 7 days. Bumping her up a size once the old size became to small to be bothered with.

Now 6 months and many rats later.
She is a healthy 800g BP who just finished up her weaned rat supply (i feed her 2 weaned rats a week) and she eats them with no effort.
I Have ordered this next supply of RATS that will hopefully be just as successfull:
10 Weaned Rats: 35g
10 Small Rats: 65g
20 S/M Rats: 85g
20 Medium Rats: 110g
(Medium is the largest single size i would ever give. even to the biggest BP's)

Once again this is MY BP and how she personally grew.
I just provided her a constant of 10% of her Empty Weight
every 7 days. She did the rest and has never missed a meal.

I dont know what this post acomplished, i just wanted to share my BP story with you all.
(i might make this story its own thread but idk)

Update, just ordered a years worth of rats & mice from perfectprey! Unfortunately they're not gonna ship until wednesday (two day shipping), kinda wish I hadn't waited so long, but better late than never, right? Anyway, super excited to finally give my little guy what he needs :)

I was feeding my new snake Petco large frozen mice and they smelled horrible and the sizes varied wildly. I just received my order of large mice from Perfect Prey last week. They arrived frozen, appropriately sized, and have hardly any smell at all. I'll definitely be doing more business with them.