Keeping MICE VS RATS

[Daigga]

hi guys,

i've been having some second thoughts about keeping my MICE breeders and continue to breed them rather than feeding them and go with RATS all the way. i used to breed my MICE for the hatchlings and younger balls, but ive been noticing that most keepers are fine with RATS. ive notices that mice have high cannibalism rates that why ive been wondering o keep them or just focus on rats all the way..

any opinions?

I've never kept or looked into keeping mice, so I wouldn't be the expert on them. I've heard that nutritionally, there isn't really a different gram for gram, and the only reason people will recommend rats over mice is due to BP's being picky eaters and sometimes not wanting to switch feeders (which means many many mice where one rat would be more convenient). I'm only breeding rats right now, mostly because of the size snakes I'm looking to feed (3 small enough to eat mice or rat pinks/pups, 5 on small to large rats), and the baby rats work well enough for feeding my smaller snakes. If you have the space for both and you don't think your BP's will be too picky about switching food, I would say go for it, but if you have to pick one or the other I'd say go rats.