How Many Mice/Rats Do You Feed Your Snake??

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Rats generally are better for the snakes, more nutrional content.

Do you have a study showing this?

While the nutritional value of rat is different no study has been done on BP nutritional requirement.

Gram per gram one is no better than the other it is all the same.

[Greybeard]

2 rat pups every 5 days about 18 grams each. If I give him just
one he hunts like he is still hungry give him 2 and he goes into his hide to digest. He is 24 inches and weighs 190 grams. I seem to have one with a good appetite.

[Turbo Serpent]

Do you have a study showing this?

While the nutritional value of rat is different no study has been done on BP nutritional requirement.

Gram per gram one is no better than the other it is all the same.

Okay, well in my opinion its also easier to feed one large (proportional) prey item per week rather than 3 - 4 mice as an equivalent.

[psycho]

Okay, well in my opinion its also easier to feed one large (proportional) prey item per week rather than 3 - 4 mice as an equivalent.

How can you change your snake from mice to rats???

[Turbo Serpent]

How can you change your snake from mice to rats???

Just offer a rat....

I just picked up 3 adult females. 2 of which have been fed mice only for the last 6 years and they all took rats on the first try. Others are more picky.

I have some yearlings that still prefer mice. You just gotta work with them.

You can always try putting the rat in used mouse bedding... that way they are scented like the mouse.

[psycho]

I've heard if you've fed them something like mice they will stick to it and refuse anything else you try to give them...

[BrucenBruce]

Some will, most won't.

Out of a little over a dozen snakes, we've had two who were / are pretty confirmed mousers. One of those, as she grew (slowly!), has started taking rats. The other, an '08 girl, is still taking mice only - and those not every time offered.

~Bruce

[samzz]

i feed my bp 2mice(abt 6cm long not counting tail) this week( I think i overfeed it this week) my bp(abt 2ft) just ate it? now its fat and went to sleep did i overfeed it?

[Oroborous]

All my BPs are on rats, even my 08 baby whose on weaned rats. My oldest female is picky about them and needs A LOT of coaxing to eat, but I think even the most stubborn snakes can eventually be converted to rats.

[Denial]

I feed
12 mice a week
32 rats a week
and 10 rabbits a week