Is 440 grams a good size to start small rats?

I have been feeding the two of the largest mice I can get every Friday. Is he big enough to try a small rat at 440 grams?

I try and feed a prey size that is about as wide as the widest part of the snakes body.

Yeah that's a fine weight to start, assuming your small rats are the same size as the ones I get.

Sounds pretty close. I just switched my little girl over too, she just hit 500 g's. I am cutting her back to every 7 days tho, instead of 5, with the bigger prey item. Just keep an eye on him. If it's way to big he probably won't eat it. Also, if it takes him awhile to digest, you might want to cut back.

Thank's guys, The small rats may be a little bigger than his girth, but you can't even tell he has eaten after the two fat adult mice. They have some really small rats at the Petco I frequent.

i say go for it

Go with a small rat that weights about 60 to 70 grams!

yeah most of my small rats I can get are around 50 grams, 350g ball pythons can manage 'em just fine.

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Originally Posted by ssballow

The small rats may be a little bigger than his girth, but you can't even tell he has eaten after the two fat adult mice. They have some really small rats at the Petco I frequent.

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I'm in the same boat you are. We get our frozen mice from Petsmart. Our BP is around 350g, and you can't tell when 1 "large" mouse has been eaten, but 2 are noticeable. After the last 2, due to be eaten tomorrow, I'm planning on starting him on the 50g "small rat" they sell.

I think my Male BP (The biggest i have) Is probably a around that sixe 300-350 and hes taken a small rat for 2 weeks now! It looks about the same size as the biggest part of his body maybe a tad bigger but he has no problem getting it down. Its noticable when he gets it down but it doesnt look bad!

Shoot my small rats are 100 to 120 grams...

I been feeding my 2 youngest BP small rats since they were 350g or so, they are 500g and 525g now. Also if you are feeding live and your BP is around 350g~ ask to get the smallest small rat they have, that helped me alot =), Untill the BP grows bigger a bit.

hello
my question is I have a spider and a pinstripe that eat 1 small mouse a week after they eat never a lump in stomach does that mean the mouse should be larger? they both weight around 135 grams and were both born in april 2009.
I also have a pastel that wass born in Sept 2009 he weights 122 and also no lump after eating mouse should I go larger up to a medium mouse?
Also have a 1022 gram normal 2 year old or so. he eats 1 small rat a week is that enough? or should I maybe go to medium?
and I finally got my last pastel to start to eat these last 3 weeks 1 small hopper in a brwn bag will not eat any other way.But he only weights 66 grams but finally eating how long will I have to feed him in a bag how do I break him of bag feeding?

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Originally Posted by stlsteelersfan

they both weight around 135 grams and were both born in april 2009.

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135g sounds kinda small for 6 months old. That, plus not seeing the bulge after they eat, points to feeding something bigger. The Medium frozen mice I got at Petco/Petsmart were only in the 14g-18g range, so a Small would be even less. 10%-15% of 135g = 13.5-20g, which is Medium/Large mice. My own little runt really grew when moved to Large (20g) mice. :)

ok I will try a larger mouse next feeding

My hatchling was born on July 12th and he weighs 187 grams and eats rat pups! I hope that helps as a guideline!

Update:

My 440g BP successfully took down a small rat weighing in at 61.5g. He had a bulge but lokked quite satisfied! It was 14% of his weight, so I suppose it was the right size. Any comments?

I just looked at him and it appears that the big ol' rat thrusted him into a shed. He is totally fogged!:)

well I feed live I have tried frozen just wont take
should I start with a mediium nouse next feeding or right to large mouse?