Prey size limits, really?

[Salamander Rising]

I saw my lil 29 gram carpet python baby eat a small mouse so i'm sure a 62 gram ball baby can. but just because it can doesn't necessarily mean it should.

There's a virtual dearth of hoppers available anywhere right now and I have the small mouse [who came with a bunch of larger mice for my two fiendish live-only boys] but frankly, I'm worried she'll explode.

[that and I don't know if she's "accomplished" enough to take down something that peppy and sentient, yet]



It's a slim mouse versus the pudgy 9-10g hopper she has eaten and already shows no signs of ever having eaten it but I have no idea how long her stomach actually is.

I argued for the 10-15% total weight rule but was told it wasn't really so.

It's what I've adhered to with the other Beeps and so far, so so good.

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Id say if thats all u got feed it.

If it's 'too big' won't it hurt her stomach?

I know she can stretch outwards to accommodate it but lengthwise, not so sure.

This would be only her third feeding.

He's supposed to getting hoppers tomorrow.

Nervous-Nelly that I am, I think I'll just hope he really does get some in his shipment and go back for her supper.