So my snake has been on a bit of a hunger strike. She at a regular sized meal in August(Rat), managed to get her to eat 2 live mice in October that were a bit on the small side(combined smaller than the rat).

After that, she refused to eat all winter and even as recent as last week. One of the guys at PetCo who owns a BP said Gerbils are great for getting them to eat again. So yesterday I picked up a gerbil and she went for it instantly. Obviously this was a huge relief to me since she's been losing weight(down from 950g to 800g). But now I'm trying to figure out what to feed her going forward.

It seems like she doesn't want to take rats(the august feeding was only the third rat she'd taken) and mice seem like I'll need to feed a lot since they don't get that big.

Other than the cost, is there a disadvantage/risk to feeding gerbils on a regular basis? I was considering breeding if she proves to be good about eating them.