Quote Originally Posted by Austin C. View Post
LOL No! Obviously I go up in food size as needed, by the end of the first 12-14 months they should be eating rat pups up to small rats.

I start off on Rat Pinks, then to Rat Fuzzies, Rat Pups, Rat Crawlers, Small Rats etc. But leaving a small lump in your Carpets tummy isn't a bad thing at all, I've learned from some of the best Carpet Python breeders. Feeding every 7 days is a fine schedule to feed but you should switch to rat pinkies if I were you to avoid a mouser Carpet python as feeding a 5ft+ snake 3-4 mice every feeding is a pain in the butt.
Haha ok. I misread the whole thing. I thought you were saying I was "power feeding" and that I should be feeding rat pinks the first year. :o

Yeah, my Carpets never see mice. I also don't think leaving a large lump is a bad thing. Just with her, I have never gave her a larger meal. She is on medium rats now.

I have also gave them chickens and Guinea pigs.