I am not an expert, but I will tell you what I was told by an expert. I bought my baby boa from Tim Koppenhoffer at Special K Reptiles. Now please don't flame me or Tim. It is important to remember that everyone has a different philosophy on these things and neither "way" is right or wrong. By sharing this info and what I was told, I am trusting that you (all of you) will recognize that and accept it. There. That's my disclaimer, lol. Now for what I was told when I bought my baby boa...
Tim had me start Peaches on mouse fuzzies. He said that he felt the babies did better because the fuzzies are richer in calcium due to the higher bone content. Rat pinks may, and I do stress 'may', be too fatty for optimal growth. A baby boa should be grown slowly and a mouse fuzzy fed once a week will better accomplish that than a rat pink would.
I must say I do like how Peaches is growing. She is 8 months old now and just beautiful. She is very sleek and growing very proportionally. Her body is nicely filled out with that slightly squared appearance boas should have, yet she's not in the slightest bit skinny. She is putting on grams consistantly. She eats EVERY week and has never had an issue with regurge or any such sort.
So again, this is what I was told and what I did. I am quite happy with the results. Would I start every baby this way? Not necessarily. I think you have to evaluate each individual and each situation on its own and do what's best in each case. But I have no problem feeding mice to boas until they are ready for the size rats that are readily available in my area. I feel they get the nutrition they need. Peaches certainly wouldn't look so terrific if they provided poor nutrition. So, in answer to your question, why not?
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