Ball python feeding

[rlondon1231]

One of my ball pythons is eating mice still and I want to switch him to rats but I'm not sure what size rat to get he's about 212 grams

[rlditmars]

You can go with the diameter rule. Don't feed him a prey item that is larger than the diameter of his body.

If you want specific sizes, I go with rat pups up to 350 grams, rat weanlings up to 700 grams, rat smalls for the rest of their life if it's a male. If it is a female I will go up to rat mediums when they reach about 1200 grams and then for the remainder of their life.