Hi. My Ball Python, Jake, is about three months old, 18 inches long and not quite and inch thick in the widest part of his body. He's been eating mice, alive or freshly killed, just fine, but I keep reading that rats are better. The pet store says mice are better, but I'm getting really confused. The store where I got Jake doesn't sell small rats, so I'm going to have to find some. And my hubby is really opposed to storing dead rats in the freezer, so I need to buy fresh ones, which, if I can find them, is no big deal. Someone please give me the bottom line about which is better, mice or rats. I keep thinking as Jake gets bigger, there won't be mice big enough to feed him just one and then I have to get into the multiple mice thing. HELP! Thanks.