Quote Originally Posted by kali_is_my_copilot View Post
Aim for rats that weigh 10-15% of the snake's body weight, it's more accurate than going by girth of snake=size of prey. Also my understanding of how snakes digest means that I feed every 6-7 days, no closer together than that. It unnecessarily taxes their digestive systems to eat too-small prey items too frequently. I switched my rescue bp from mice to rats by asking for dirty mouse litter at the pet store and using it to scent the f/t rats until she had it figured out. Once the rat was thawed I would pour some mouse litter in a dish, lay the rat on it and then warm it under a goose-neck lamp until it had a surface temp of 95-100 on each side (flip it once).
I aim for 20-22 percent of my snakes' body weights.. different strokes and I guess it depends on your overall plans.


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