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    Small rats to medium rats?

    So my male BP took a good poop the other day and I weighed him and he was 810grms. Been on 1 small rat a week for awhile and I still have maybe 20 in the freezer but was wondering when I could bump him to mediums. Is there a certain weight they would hit that it's time to switch?

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    i don't go by weight, but i go by girth of my snakes. does a medium rat equal (more or less) the girth of your BP? I think a happy belly shows a nice lump in your BP.

    on the other hand, from an economical/efficiency standpoint if I had 20 small rats i would probably try to feed it all off before moving up in size. And i would pay attention if your BP is patrolling/hunting in between feeds with the small rats.
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    At 800g, no mediums would be too big... at least in my experience. Usually ball pythons wont take mediums until 1500g or so.

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    I start offering mediums at about 1000 grams, some take them some not. Smalls are perfectly fine at this weight and I'd finish up the smalls. Maybe try a medium before your next order and see how it goes, but I'd put a little more size on him first.

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    Re: Small rats to medium rats?

    Thanks everybody, that's kinda what I figured but thought I'd check just to be sure.

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    Re: Small rats to medium rats?

    I started feeding my females medium rats at a 1000g. I still feed my male small rat a week even though he's over a 1000.

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