My female BP is almost 5 months old and weight 200 grams. I feel like that's kind of low, but I don't really have a huge basis of comparison. She is eating a 30gm adult mouse every 4-5 days and never refuses to eat, she's wonderful. Obviously, at 200 gm, she is about to outgrow mice. But unfortunately, I cannot find any pet store in my area that sells rat fuzzies, just small rats at 50ish grams each. So, going by the 15% rule, she needs to gain about 130 grams. Making a huge order online doesn't really work for me because I'm in an apartment with a small freezer. My plan is to invest in a small freezer JUST for rodents when my girl is full grown and on a consistent prey size.

So my option seems to be to keep buying mice and feeding about every 3 days until she gains 100ish grams. But I feel like feeding that frequently could be harmful, I know it is a catch 22 kind of situation because I have heard as soon as they get on rats, they grow like crazy.

What should I do? Do you think offering a 50gm small rat sooner would be really dangerous? It would make me nervous... they still look huge for her.

Anyway, just shoot me some feeding advice in this dilemma. I am well aware of the "the longer you wait, the harder it is to switch" argument, that is not what I need. I know she could give me hell when the time comes, but she has been a fantastic feeder, so I have high hopes for an easy transition, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. What do you think would be the safest weight to offer a 50gm rat, and in the meantime, how frequent is TOO frequent when it comes to feeding?