Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
From your description I'd bet that hopper mice are fine... Espicially if you are trying to put some initial weight on him.
I'm not really opposed to trying to get her to take hoppers. I looked at both sizes when I bought mice, and the hoppers just seemed a little large. The recommendations I've seen for prey size have ranged from slightly smaller at the hips than the thickest portion of the snake, to slightly larger than the girth of the snake. Ajja's thickness falls right in the middle of the two. It seemed to me that there would be less chance of her regurgitating a slightly smaller meal as opposed to one that was a bit too large. On the other hand, she can't very well regurgitate until she eats one or the other.

I'll give the hoppers a try when I feed her Monday. Who knows, maybe they have a bag of frozen runts that are just the right size!