? for those of you that have mouse eating BP's

[5snakes]

I bought a female pastel BP from a reputable breeder exactly two weeks ago. She is just over 900g and over 2 years old. The breeder said she was a good eater but he could not get her to eat F/T rats, just F/T mice. She ate two 25g mice for me today and I am just happy she ate after having her for a short period of time. I am going to attempt to get her to eat F/T rats and scenting them with the F/T mice. BUT, if she does not, will she still gain good weight if she continues to eat 2 F/T adult mice each week? I am trying to get her to 1500 grams so she can breed this winter. I would think the mice should get her to a healthy weight in 5+ months. Do any of you have adult BP's that only eat mice? Thanks for any information and/or advice.

My ball python ate a rat once and then regurged. he is partial to mice I believe. I have had him for a couple three years now. He was a rescue. I went and got him out of this house where they had heat rocks, and he was being burnt from them. Also, he was infested with mites. I believe he was tramatized. I just now , this past week have been giving him very small rats and he seems to be doing fine with them. he wasn`t gaining the weight I wanted him to, so I tried the rat again. no problem so far, but he is older now. I would, from my experience stick to hoppers maybe if you want to put him on rats, and then try to go up from there. I always feed live prey, so it might be different , but this is mt 2 cents anyways. Happy herping!!