Rescued 2 abandoned BPs, what now?

[Coils]

Well, good question. I would like to keep them, or at least one of them. If I have to separate them, I'll probably just keep one. I don't want biters, however, so as long as that stops once they calm down and eat, I don't have a problem keeping one or maybe both.

And I think I'd rather go with onna_shinigami's suggestion on feeding frozen... I have pet rats, and it'd be difficult for me to feed them anything live. Every pet rat I've had has been a feeder. Any feeder rats I bring home would probably turn into pets, lol. Where is the best place to get frozen rats?

I know they can smell my rat, since they're both in the same room. Will that stress them out, since they're so hungry? I can move either the snakes or the rat to a different room if I need to.

Yes, feed frozen if you have to. At least give it a try first. If they are acting as hungry as you say then I am sure they would accept frozen/thawed. (f/t) I'm not sure if keep them in the same room as your rats is exactly stressful for them, but I -do- know that my boa tends to be very aggressive when she can smell her food dethawing in the same room. Maybe just move them to another room and see how it goes?

I myself get my frozen rodents over the internet, but I'm sure you can find them at a local petstore. Petco in my area has frozen rodents for sale. Call around and find out.

Most older ball pythons usually don't bite, but you don't know if these two were handled a lot either. There is no guarantee they will not be bitey if that's the case. You usually tame an anima, such as ball pythons, down over time with some decent handling. It'll all just take patients.