Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
At her age, she'll likely take the rat with no pre-scenting with the mouse. Babies with good feed response will take most anything that you offer them.

To your question, I feed babies every 5 days until they start to refuse every 5 days (regardless of what they are eating), then I move them to an every 7 day schedule.
Thanks! I have this thing with thinking everything that can go wrong, will go wrong and I'm always wanted to be prepared for it. Even if it's a low chance

When you switch to the every 7, do you wait 7 days after the offer, or two days?

Quote Originally Posted by twistedtails
IMO I would convert your snakes to rats as soon as possible. They have much more nutrients than a little mouse. I fed all my babies that I have aquired rats since thier first meal. I've seen as much as 80-100 grams of growth a month. I also feed every 5 days one to two crawlers. I will continue to do this until they can take a small rat, then I will probably back down to a small rat every 7 days. Some might call my methods power feeding or over feeding, but, it works for me.
I personally don't believe the whole nutrients argument since it's never been scientifically proven, but I'm switching her to rats cuz adult mice aren't always readily available.