Hi Everyone,

We got a BP from a breeder about 3 weeks ago. He's male about three years old and very, very sweet (and I didn't even know I liked snakes!).

He was raised on mice (about 2-3) per feeding about every two weeks. I wasn't crazy about feeding him live and from everything I've read and heard thought it would safer and healthier for the snake to do F/T and also to do one rat rather then 2-3 small mice.

So, a few days ago I got a F/T rat and thawed him out in warm water and tried to give it to him. No dice. Finally, I was concerned that our snake was starving so today we went and got two live mice for him

It was a bit traumatic for me since I love all animals but I just kept reminding myself that it was food for my great snake and nothing more. I just fed him both live mice and he struck and swallowed both of them in nothing flat.

I am very excited and comforted that he ate. He's now in his warm side hide digesting as I type this.

So, now for the questions and thank you for your patience. Do I continue with the mice, feeding him 2 about every other week or should I buy a rat next time and just try and feed that to him? The rat will have to be much bigger than the mice. I'm concerned because he's never had rat before.

Will I do harm to our snake by keeping him on mice and feeding him multiple rather than one big meal? Thanks everyone for reading and responding to this.

This is a great website! It has been very helpful to read all the stickies and threads. From someone who knew absolutely nothing about keeping snakes I now have been through a successful shed and my first feeding and also was able to set up my tank properly (I hope).