Changing my adopted BP's eating habits.

[Capermike]

Sounds good I will let her finish digesting before I try again. I also have no problem with just feeding her live as opposed to frozen. The main thing is I just want her to have a bigger meal. It's also worth noting that I found a local breeder online who sells gerbil's 3 for 15$. Although the ad says "looking for their forever homes" so I am not sure theyd be too happy once they find out that is in my BPs stomach. Lol

[Willowy]

Be honest with any breeders about your feeding plans. Don't want to make a bad name for snake owners. But I'm sure most rodent breeders are going to be realistic about using rodents as feeders. I wouldn't recommend gerbils though---you don't want to get her hooked on expensive and hard-to-find feeders! And $5 per feeder is pretty steep. Gerbils aren't much larger than mice; it would be better to switch to rats if possible. Use mouse bedding to scent the rats first for a better chance of acceptance.

[Capermike]

Be honest with any breeders about your feeding plans. Don't want to make a bad name for snake owners. But I'm sure most rodent breeders are going to be realistic about using rodents as feeders. I wouldn't recommend gerbils though---you don't want to get her hooked on expensive and hard-to-find feeders! And $5 per feeder is pretty steep. Gerbils aren't much larger than mice; it would be better to switch to rats if possible. Use mouse bedding to scent the rats first for a better chance of acceptance.

Yeah it is not cheap where I live. Considering the adult mice are 4$ a piece, paying 5$ for something much bigger is a good deal for me. I believe the only rats I can purchase here are the african soft furred type. They are about the same size as a gerbil and the pet store charges 7$ a piece if I am not mistaken.

[Willowy]

Are you in the US? If so, and you can get the snake to take f/t meals, you can get them a lot cheaper than that (even with shipping).

I didn't think gerbils were much larger than mice, but I googled it and one gerbil site said an adult gerbil weighs about 80g. . .so that is about small rat size. So maybe that'll work.

[Capermike]

Are you in the US? If so, and you can get the snake to take f/t meals, you can get them a lot cheaper than that (even with shipping).

I didn't think gerbils were much larger than mice, but I googled it and one gerbil site said an adult gerbil weighs about 80g. . .so that is about small rat size. So maybe that'll work.

I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Unfortunately things are just expensive here in general. I'm going to contact the gerbil breeders and see what they say about selling them for snake food. For now I still have three adult mice. My girl left a big steamy surprise in her tank for me this morning, so I'm thinking maybe I will try feeding her again sooner than a weeks time.