Quote Originally Posted by aLittleLessButter View Post
Her snake should be able to eat a rat pup but owner thinks they are too big
I agree, rat pups are not too big. Most people will tell you 10-15% of the snakes body weight for prey size. If you go by that rule of thumb you'd be feeding small hopper mice or large rat pinks to a 100g snake, I don't feed anything that small to anything but newborns fresh out of the egg. I've personally never weighed my rodents when feeding but will eyeball them and feed something about as big around as the snake is. As long as it leaves a visible bulge I'm satisfied. 10-15% of body weight may be good enough to maintain an adult but I think hatchlings need more then that if you expect any kind of decent growth rate out of them.