Quote Originally Posted by Neal View Post
@OP Don't pay attention to this above. People have tried to explain to him about this rule and he just ignores it.

Like Kodieh said, mice are too small, even an adult mouse. My black pastel doesn't weigh 140 grams and he can eat a f/t rat pup, so you should be okay with doing rat pups versus mice. Personally, another reason to get away from mice if possible is because once they get breeding size there just isn't really a mouse big enough to sustain them properly. Generally all my snakes have taken a mouse hopper as a baby, just because of the movement and triggering feeding response plus it being a good size for them, but after that they go to rat pinkies, fuzzies for a few feedings. This is only because they can be shy to bigger feeders and once they've got a few of those meals or I think their feeding response is up then I'll go up in size, as long as they have the size to handle the next prey item.

When I got my spider on 8-7-2013 he was exactly 100 grams. I haven't weighed him because I only do it when they shed but he's going into shed as of yesterday or the day before so I'll tell you a weight once he digests his meals and sheds.

One last thing I will say is he may not switch to rats right away, or may never but I would definitely try.
how would you change the percentages or the other numbers in the rule in order to improve it?

you may also adapt it into two rules, for BPs falling into two different weight categories, if you feel the rule is wrong only for a certain weight range of BPs.