I have a couple of concerns about switching to rats, the biggest being that he is nealy full grown (right aroudg the 3 ft mark) and has never had a rat, so I understand it can be difficult to make the switch. He is still on the mend so I want to keep him as well fed as possible and am afraid to risk a hunger strike at this point. The other is a size issue, this (I am told) again comes back to the fact that he has always had mice, he accually struggles a bit to swollow the really big mice due to an exremy skinny neck. He will carry them over to his water dish and dip them first so they go down easier. It's rather interesting to watch. This issue became a bit moot as he started shedding again sortly after Iposted. He's beena week now w/o food, I AM considering trying a small rat to see what he does with it. So, to that end, could anyone tell me if he doesnt like it can yo usually feed him a mouse, or can it put them of eating fr a while?