I'm considered introducing some variety into the diet of my adult Brazilian Rainbow Boas. There are a couple reasons for this. Chicks and quail have a higher protein content than mice and rats; this would be useful for post parturition diet since they lose quite a bit of muscle mass. Another is that birds (and to a greater extent bats, but that's a no-go of course) are a part of their natural diet that seems easy enough to replicate.

I'm concerned about causing any problems that I'll regret, though. The one that comes to mind is inadvertently getting a snake hooked on a non-standard food source that may not be the best nutritionally for them in the long term, and may become challenging or expensive to acquire. Another is possibly having to alter my feeding schedule to accommodate prey that is digested at a different rate than rodents (easy to adjust, but I have to know what to watch for). Another slight worry is going through a lot of trouble for no benefit at all.

I'd love to add rabbits to the diet, but I don't know where to source small enough ones (~70g).

Any horror stories of veering off the tried and true rodent path? Any big positive experiences? Any other advice?