So can you use Spiny Mice (Turkish) as a feeder food for ball pythons ?

As anyone ever had any success / experience using them as a feeder for ball pythons ?

Read a few of the scientific papers online going on about predation etc. Found one talking about prescence of spiny mice bones in owl pellets (so they do get munched in the wild).

Other than that, was wondering about what age the so called spines develop?

Are they really that spiny, or are they just coarse?

After that how about whether baby spiny mice (i.e. with no developed "spines") would be suitable prey items for baby ball pythons?

Kept enough tarantulas to know about kicking hairs, but are we really talking this level on the mice? or is just a case of a mouse with pubic hair on its back LOL!!

Cheers

Dr Rob Pearson (UK)