Can you feed a 200g snake a pinkie mouse?

This sounds like such a stupid question lol :rolleyes:
The story behind it is my boyfriend's mum and brother offered to go to the pet food shop for me today since they were going out anyway. There was a mix up somewhere along the lines, and I have five pinkie mice now.
I don't want to waste them (Can't take them back either) so I was wondering if I could feed them to Wanda? She does take multiples in one feeding, and so I was planning to feed her a hopper mouse and three of the pinkies since that would make up her weight/10. I'm not sure though, is there a limit to how many mice you can feed in one sitting? And my biggest question is will she even take prey that small?
Thank you!!

Yeah, sure, you're just going to be there a while lol.

Go for it

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Nothing wrong with feeding tiny prey LOL

Feeding pinkies or not feeding anything is about all the same.

Can you do it? Sure. Will it work? Not likely at this size your BP will not likely recognize this as a prey.

Pinkies are nothing more than blobs of water & fat with no real nutritional value, the bones are not properly formed (calcium deficiency), there is no fur etc

A hopper and 5 pinkies are not even close to a proper meal for an animal that size.

Thank you all for your feedback!

Deborah, honestly I just don't want to waste them. It doesn't really sit well with me throwing out something that was once alive. Maybe that's just my soft side. I don't plan on making a habit of this, it's just this once because of the mix up. Thank you for that information though :D

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Thank you all for your feedback!

Deborah, honestly I just don't want to waste them. It doesn't really sit well with me throwing out something that was once alive. Maybe that's just my soft side. I don't plan on making a habit of this, it's just this once because of the mix up. Thank you for that information though :D

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When I get stuck with leftover prey this small, I throw it into the backyard. Plenty of local wildlife will be happy to eat it and it doesn't go to waste.

You could probably sell them easily on CL....is there a British CL?

No british CL, but I know a few people who have snakes in Sommerset, just ask on a local FB group if anyone wants them.
Id just feed them to your snake, she'll probably take them anyway, and it would do until you can get anything better

Also if you're looking for frozen food suppliers in England... TSM pet supplies and Kiezebrink all sell high quality food and they are quite cheap also!
Kiezebrink you have to buy in bulk (eg, you can only buy a pack of 10 or 25 LRW, no in between) but TSM you can get all the food in the exact quantity you want, and is a ickle bit cheaper than Kiezebrink.

Just offer them, it won't hurt your snake to eat them. Probably more nutritional value for the snake than there is for you in an iceberg lettuce salad. In the wild animals eat what they can get, they don't have personal nutritionists telling them not to bother with the under-developed baby ones.

Thank you everyone :) Wanda was sticking her head out yesterday so I let her have one... she took it immediately and ate it so that's that. I'll just feed them alongside her next meal. Also LightningPython thank you, I'll do some looking in to those suppliers.