There is a 995 gam 5 y/o bp at the animal hospitals boarding facility that my wife manages, and I had to stop by and feed it this morning. I brought it two large mice (it usually eats 3 or 4 - but ate only about 4 days ago because they only had one mouse) - i dropped the mouse in her little feeding container with her and she struck about 3 times unsuccessfully. the final time she bit a lump of carefresh and then started to attack it. she constricted this big lump of carefresh and had it held firmly in her mouth.

i managed to uncoil her a bit - until she wrapped around my arm and started constricting that. I managed to remove the bits of carefresh from her mouth using my hemostats, gently. i put her back in her feeding box and she ate both of the mice.

has this ever happened to anyone before? what would have happened if she actually swallowed the carefresh?

would it be safe for her to eat small rats now? she eats about 4 medium/large mice in a sitting.

is her weight okay? i really don't have much of an idea as to how fast they grow