Greetings from Lurkerville.

I've been feeding Severus 1 live mouse every week for a while now, & he's eating well & gaining weight (yay!). From the information I received when I bought him, he's now approximately 2 years old, and will be growing as he gets older (as most bp's do).

My question is this. How will I know when he's ready for rats? Is it a matter of his age, or relative size? (ie, I should start feeding him rats at age 3, or when he's 4 feet long, etc)

And in light of that, here's my issue. I can handle giving him live mice. I'll admit that it took me a little while to get used to it, but I'm more or less "ok" w/it now. (I know, if I was so squeamish, why did I get a snake? Well, I didn't know that I was until I fed him. But like I said, I'm fine now.)

In your opinion, would it be ok for his health & well being if I kept feeding him mice (I'd be willing to feed him more often if necessary.) as he grows?

Thanks,
LC