Ball python care

[AK907]

ok i see what your saying how big should they be becaue ive picked up mice and rat pups in the past and idk if the people will kno how old they are when i would pick them up i would just say i need 1 rat pup

And this is the exact reason we weigh our prey items. Most people don't know the difference and even fewer pet store employees know the difference. What one place calls a small rat might be a pinky rat (5-10g) and another place might consider a weaned rat (30-50g) to be a small rat. Kind of a pain, right?

FWIW, 14-21 day old rat "pups" normally weigh between 20-30 grams, which are roughly the size of medium to large adult mice. These would be suitable for a ball python that is roughly 200g in weight.