Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
Any particular reason why you can breed mice but not rats?

your snake will probably be moving up to 2 mice a week pretty soon. That is a typical meal for a juvenile. An adult ball pythons will eat about 4-5 full grown mice once per week.
First of all, where is the best place to get a scale to monitor the snakes weight, and what kind of scale should I buy (digital/other) ?

No reason at all, actually this is why I posted this thread. No matter what I do I will be keeping the mouse colonies as my 2 bearded dragons relish young mice. Is there a particular strain/species of rat that is best for BPs, or can I just breed fancy rats? Can someone who is currently breeding rats give me some pointers/info...like: What size of cage/tank to breed them in? Is two females and one male sufficient to keep a consistant supply for one snake? Anything you people can tell me will be great!