Prey size for big snakes?

[Roko800]

I recently bought a female ball python that’s bigger than any I have previously owned. She is 3000 grams and I was just wondering what people feed their big ball pythons? A 300 gram rat seems ridiculous. Should I feed her rats 100-200 gram? How often? And I’m looking to pair her this season so will I need to up her food if I keep her on smaller prey sizes? Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I have 3500 and 4000 grams females and they don't get anything more than 150/175 grams rats once a week. The bigger the rat the more sluggish the animal and the most likely they will be to skip 3 to 4 meals in between.

Smaller preys more often are better overall.

[Roko800]

Ok thanks, I’ll try on 150 gram rats. Do you feed weekly all year round and throughout the breeding season or do you increase their food during breeding?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Ok thanks, I’ll try on 150 gram rats. Do you feed weekly all year round and throughout the breeding season or do you increase their food during breeding?

I do feed weekly I no longer increase during breeding season since I breed year round rather than use a season.

When I did what I would do I would increase the frequency not the size every five days instead of 7 for females only.