Feeding two rats in one night?

Does anyone feed their ball two rats/mice in one night OR say one Monday, one Tuesday.
Just wanted to know if people do it or not & wether it’d be worth trying.
I only ask as mine always looks to be wanting more straight after eating one.


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My BP now requires near adult rats, but if they're not available, she'll gladly eat multiple smaller mice. I fed her 6 hoppers in one session once :O

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Originally Posted by Tonald Drump

My BP now requires near adult rats, but if they're not available, she'll gladly eat multiple smaller mice. I fed her 6 hoppers in one session once :O

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It's worth noting that I feed live though, which means she has a more excited response towards rodents than towards F/T feeders.

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I mean, I’m pretty sure a ball python would take it. Snakes are opportunistic, in the wild many snakes would eat as much as they can in a sitting or two, just in case prey becomes scarce later on. This could be considered power feeding if you continue to do this. It could lead to obesity if it carries on, as these animals aren’t really that wild and don’t do a lot of exercise (even in we’ll furnished enclosures).


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The only time I will is when Im moving up in prey size for an animal.

For example: If I have a snake that has been taking rat pups for a while, and it's ready to move onto small rats.

Then, I might feed two pups to use up the rest of my supply before making the switch to the smalls.

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Originally Posted by JustinGatCat

I mean, I’m pretty sure a ball python would take it. Snakes are opportunistic, in the wild many snakes would eat as much as they can in a sitting or two, just in case prey becomes scarce later on. This could be considered power feeding if you continue to do this. It could lead to obesity if it carries on, as these animals aren’t really that wild and don’t do a lot of exercise (even in we’ll furnished enclosures).


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I’ve never done it before. Just wanted to know if anyone else has done it & if it was alright to do. Doubt I’ll be doing it though I’ll stick to doing a feed once a week.


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Originally Posted by Tonald Drump

It's worth noting that I feed live though, which means she has a more excited response towards rodents than towards F/T feeders.

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My snake has almost came out of his 40 gallon aquarium striking at a f/t. So I wouldn’t be so sure that all f/t eaters are lazy feeders

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Originally Posted by DandD

My snake has almost came out of his 40 gallon aquarium striking at a f/t. So I wouldn’t be so sure that all f/t eaters are lazy feeders

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My banana is the same. She will finish one small rat and then come to the front of the tank and watch me hoping for another... got to be careful reaching in to change the water while she's like that, she will chase my hand across the tank thinking I have more food. :O

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Originally Posted by SquirmyPug

My banana is the same. She will finish one small rat and then come to the front of the tank and watch me hoping for another... got to be careful reaching in to change the water while she's like that, she will chase my hand across the tank thinking I have more food. :O

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Mine does exactly the same thing. Proper weirdo he is.


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I have done both, I have four males. They are all mousers by my choice. I try and feed every seven days. There are times during the year when I’ll purposely offer two in one feeding, but not very often. And the two oldest take breaks from eating every January to late June. Taking only one or two during that time period. They all eat jumbo mice. They range in age from around almost three to almost 5 years old. The oldest two weight over 1650 grams, the two youngest around 1150 grams. Like others have mentioned the key is not over feeding them, obesity is a major problem with most captive snakes. Just my two cents, ✌️.

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Originally Posted by MuicyJelon

Does anyone feed their ball two rats/mice in one night OR say one Monday, one Tuesday.
Just wanted to know if people do it or not & wether it’d be worth trying.
I only ask as mine always looks to be wanting more straight after eating one.


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You can feed a single prey item or multiple the choice is your however if feeding multiple it is recommended to do it in one sitting as digestion takes it's toll on the snake, or do it 5 days apart if you want to feed twice a week,

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Originally Posted by Tonald Drump

My BP now requires near adult rats, but if they're not available, she'll gladly eat multiple smaller mice. I fed her 6 hoppers in one session once :O

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2 things here

First no adult BP requires anything close to a adult rat which is usually 400 grams, animals 3000 and 4000+ do not require anything larger than 150 grams/175 grams rats.

Second if your BP eats 6 hoppers it is nowhere near and adult rats as far has food goes hoppers are 7 to 13 grams on average each and used to start babies out of the egg. So 2 adult mice would be the equivalent of what you are currently feeding.

Please keep this in mind when trying to give advice.

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Originally Posted by DandD

My snake has almost came out of his 40 gallon aquarium striking at a f/t. So I wouldn’t be so sure that all f/t eaters are lazy feeders

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I’ve had this with my male, soon as I opens the door once he was bam lunged our the tank, he had been off food for a month so he was hungry I guess. Did make me jump


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I would suggest getting something that is the right size and just feed one rodent per meal..... but that's just me

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If your ball python can eat multiple prey items, you'll want to feed all the prey in the same meal, rather than one on Monday and one on Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

2 things here

First no adult BP requires anything close to a adult rat which is usually 400 grams, animals 3000 and 4000+ do not require anything larger than 150 grams/175 grams rats.

Second if your BP eats 6 hoppers it is nowhere near and adult rats as far has food goes hoppers are 7 to 13 grams on average each and used to start babies out of the egg. So 2 adult mice would be the equivalent of what you are currently feeding.

Please keep this in mind when trying to give advice.

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Another case of local names that don't apply elsewhere, oops. Here, hoppers are roughly the size of an adult thumb, whereas adult store-sold rats are only half a forearm. Sorry Deb, I was just mildly ignorant [emoji14]

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