Rats are a better food source, my bp really started gaining once she was switched over from mice to rats. When I got her she was 216g, and in a few months she was up to a much healthier 600g for her length and age. Here's the thing I cannot wrap my head around. Every few days, we hear of another underweight, neglected snake that has to be rescued from either a situation like the original poster found the snake in, pet store neglect, or a snake has to be rescued from another owner that just didn't bother to feed it.

Right now, I'm petsitting a 7 month old corn snake that is the size of a hatchling because the owner thought that one pinky a week was plenty. Of course I switched the snake over to fuzzies, and will be moving it to hoppers as soon as possible. It just goes on, and on. What really gets me is that if this kind of abuse and neglect were directed at any other type of pet, the people neglecting these pets would be publicly shamed, and arrested; as they should be. Why don't we hear about it happening when the victims of abuse and neglect have scales?

Sorry for the rant,

*grabs soapbox, slithers away*