Hey all.
So I'm FINALLY getting my bp on rats and I'm picking some up this weekend. He's been eating an adult mouse once a week and it hasn't quite filled him up the last 2 weeks (he's been moving around looking hungry a day before the next feed, which is new behaviour). I'm switching to rats and moving up in prey size instead of feeding more than one mouse at a time but I'm wondering what size of rat to get... He weighs 600g and I'm planning on getting 50-90g rats, or "small" by this breeders charts. Is that too big? Or maybe too small? I'm not sure what weight the mice were and I'm out of them now anyway.
I've heard as a general guideline to feed prey items that are as big as your bp at his thickest point. I'm always amazed at how wide his mouth and neck stretches even with the mice...but how easy is it to choke your snake?
Thanks for reading, I know I obsess over little things but I'm mostly just curious
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