Is this rat too big to feed my ball?

[Hannahrenee]

Did you weigh it? 60 grams is like 2 jumbo Mice and it sounds the way you explained it that its much bigger than that. At 300 grams you should feed around 40 grams.
I had a bad experience once with a Rat that was to big for a 550 gram Ball Python. I was use to feeding my burm so all the Rats looked small to me and she (what I call) choked on it... she tried to get it back out of her mouth when she couldn't make it past the Hips/Back legs... i'll never make that mistake again. Scared the hell out of me. A correctly labeled Small Rat is to big for any 300 gram snake IMO


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Wow that's scary. Yeah, he usually eats 30-40 gram rats. When I bought this rat today I wrapped my fingers around it to see the width and I measured it with my thumb. It seemed like a good size at the time, but after weighing it at home, it was 60 grams! He hasn't ate in a little over 2 weeks because he just got out of shedding, so I was desperate to get him some food tonight. But I guess he'll be waiting until I can get to a different petstore. Thank you