3 mice every 7-10 days too much for BP?

[KittenKrusader]

I ONLY feed frozen because I'm a big old softie, but as somebody who has kept both rats adn mice as pets (see also: softie):

An adult mouse is 200% more capable of inflicting damage to the snake than a baby rat of similar or even larger size. It's not just a size thing, it's a maturity, experience, and coordination one. I mean feed what you want, how you want (I have one 500+ gram snake I can NOT get off mice, and he eats 2 every 5 days or so). But for safety, if you're feeding live you'd be better off with similar sized rats. At mouse sized their eyes are either closed or barely open and really dont' have the strength and agility to do real damage. They are also way, way slower and less mobile, so they're easier to strike and coil properly.

Again: What you feed matters not one iota to me. I feed mice to one of my sub-adults and it's looking like he's never going to switch), but don't think mice are safer. They aren't.

If I were to go by his girth, he should be eating a small to medium sized rat.


-Amber

[CptJack]

If I were to go by his girth, he should be eating a small to medium sized rat.


-Amber

If you can feed multiple mice, you can feed multiple smaller rats, which present lower bite risk. Though most BP never need to go above smalls, and a small rat is barely weaned and still less coordinated/savvy than a fully adult mouse.

[KittenKrusader]

If you can feed multiple mice, you can feed multiple smaller rats, which present lower bite risk. Though most BP never need to go above smalls, and a small rat is barely weaned and still less coordinated/savvy than a fully adult mouse.

I ended up feeding him one medium rat.


-Amber