Quote Originally Posted by blackcrystal22 View Post
I only suggest feeding two prey items if they are both f/t. Feeding live twice is a huge expanse of energy for the snake and could cause regurgitation.
Are you feeding him inside or outside his enclosure? If your feeding him in a separate enclosure, this may be enabling him to bite you more.
If he's a strong eater, try getting some f/t mice and see if he eats them. Most likely a jump from a adult mouse to a large rat will be too large of a jump. On f/t, you can find more of a variety of rat sizes. A weanling rat would probably be a good size for him.

Feeding live multiple times does not cause the snake to regurgitate. I did it every week when I had live mice to feed off. Now I just feed frozen as it's cheaper. They hit the mice just as hard, if not hard, than the live mice and expend the same amount of energy. No regurges. Don't know where you might have heard that.

Two adult mice at a time should be fine. If he/she eats the weaned rat, fine, if not, that's fine too. They do just as well on mice as they do on rats. If the snake is male, two large mice every 10-14 days is fine. If female, try 3 large mice. If the snake isn't an adult yet, just go with two and work up from there.