Hey!

So, maybe this is a dumb question. I'm adopting my first ball on satuday, and poking around for places to get feeders for him. I am fairly certain he is on mice now, and I hear that converting to rats is the way to go. Most of the things I read say to go for rats. I have also heard it go so far as people saying ball pythons should not be fed on a diet of mice, and should only be rats. In bold italicized letters.

Why is this? It seems like just a size thing, rats being bigger, but that doesn't seem like enough to warrant the push for people to feed rats instead of mice. Is there a major difference in the nutrition between them, or? They seem very similar to me, but there's obviously something I'm missing.

Thanks again