I just got my jungle carpet python today. Just taking her out of the bag she looked so tiny and thin (not underweight). The breeder had told me before I ordered that she should be able to eat small rats soon. She’s currently eating large mice. I was ordering food for my snakes anyway so I got both large mice and small rats in case she didn’t want to switch to rats right away.
I weighed the rats and separated the smallest ones for her. But seeing her in person I just don’t know if they’re safe to feed her anytime soon. I weighed her and she’s ~142 grams. The smallest of the small rats that I weighed are 42 grams. So this would be about 30% of her body weight. So I’m just wondering based on those weights if anyone can tell me when they would be okay to feed, and am I okay with waiting to switch her to rats until then or should I get some smaller sized rats before then?
Just an edit: By when I don’t expect anyone to give me an exact date, I meant in terms of what would be an okay weight for her to eat a rat that size, if anyone knows how to determine based on that. Ive heard 20% as a max percentage for other snakes but then people also say carpet pythons can handle bigger meals than other species.
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