Small Mice or Rat Pups/Fluffs

[SRMD]

Hey my 6-8 week old baby male royal is about 73 grams and is feeding on small mice at the moment people are telling me to switch him to rat pups is this a good idea?

shall i switch him to rat pups or fluffs

Current Food:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...zen-small-mice

Rat Pups:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...rozen-rat-pups
Rat Fluffs:
http://www.frozenreptile.co.uk/froze...zen-rat-fluffs

Need as much advice as possible.. i fed him for the first time today and he took it so please help!

HE WAYS 73 GRAMS.. 6-8 WEEKS OLD... MALE.. CAPTIVE BRED..

[chet1028]

I am going to be getting my first BP in a few weeks and I was told (and have read in a few places) that rats have much more nutrients, so they are prefered over mice if you snake will eat them.

[mackynz]

Rats will be easier, when your BP gets bigger you won't have to worry about trying to switch from mice to rats. The previous owner of mine fed mice, I am going to be switching soon.

[RestlessRobie]

I have an avid mouser she just wont eat rats most the time and she is doing fine. the reason I prefer rats is when the snake is much older with over 1000G on them you end up feeding several mice at a time which is not only time consuming but more expensive. Switching to rats is easier when they are younger. So that is why I recomend rats as soon as you can

[SRMD]

I have an avid mouser she just wont eat rats most the time and she is doing fine. the reason I prefer rats is when the snake is much older with over 1000G on them you end up feeding several mice at a time which is not only time consuming but more expensive. Switching to rats is easier when they are younger. So that is why I recomend rats as soon as you can

Rat pups or Rat fluffs?


rat pups are cheaper shall i try them so its not a waste of money?

[mackynz]

The "fluffs" are closer to 15% of your snakes weight. In my opinion he would probably outgrow the pups too quickly. I would wait for someone else to weigh in though.

[BPLuvr]

I would say fluffs but you may want to wait until he is a bit larger maybe 100 grams first. Also I listed in your other thread US sizes. Here pups are normally in the 20-30g range.

[SRMD]

I would say fluffs but you may want to wait until he is a bit larger maybe 100 grams first. Also I listed in your other thread US sizes. Here pups are normally in the 20-30g range.

lol im confused here its pups, fluffs.. but in america its.. pinkies, fuzzies then pups?

i need to find a uk size chart haha

[The Serpent Merchant]

Yeah, it's like the whole metric vs imperial thing lol

You are correct; pinkies, fuzzes, then pups

[SRMD]

Yeah, it's like the whole metric vs imperial thing lol

You are correct; pinkies, fuzzes, then pups

lol so confusing haha so atm i think im feeding him small mice about 7-8cm long so if i fed him rats what rats would i need to feed him in the american way? which i will start using now lol

im new to this whole stuff so im not sure about the max girth of the body etc.. just need help!

thanks