Quote Originally Posted by Marrissa View Post
Get yourself a mini freezer. It's only about 50 bucks and you can pack a lot of rats/mice in there.
My mother doesn't want them kept in our house in general, separate freezer or not. :/ It's unfortunate but I have to deal with it for a while.

Quote Originally Posted by alan12013 View Post
I wouldn't worry about impaction all that much. Even if you have Aspen bedding and it sticks to the food it's not that big of a deal. I try to avoid it happening a lot but if it did I wouldn't be concerned. As Brian on Snakebytes pointed out it happens in the wild and isn't going to harm the snake. Their stomach acid is pretty serious. That sucks you can't get rats. Maybe post an add on craigslist looking to buy some rats for snake food? That being said I have a 3 year old female that lived most of her life with only eating 2 mice every other week. I now feed her 3 mice every week and am trying to get her over to rats but it's a job.
I'll probably just keep feeding her on mice until I can find a pet store that sells f/t rats. There's a few around that I have yet to check but going to our local Petco is easier and more convenient. I'm not in any rush to switch her to rats just yet. Good luck with switching your girl, though!