how can i switch my balls to rats from mice? i tried to feed rats this weekend and they wouldnt take them. as soon as i put mice in they ate them up.
Well some snakes prefer mice instead of rats, and others prefer rats instead of mice. Your snakes probably will only take mice, but I would still keep trying to offer rats every now and then.
You can also try rubbing the rat with a fresh mouse corpse.
This is exactly what you should do. Try to get some of the mousey smell on your rat. Sometimes you have to trick your snake into trying new things, they they find out that they like them! They're just like children in that way.