Woma Female Octavia

[John1982]

I'd say that was probably too big of a meal for that snake, I don't like to see a bulge that big in my snakes. I used to have a male Woma, he was a fussy eater too. I would use live rat crawlers to get him eating, after that it seemed like he preferred pre-killed jumbo mice.

Aspidites have no issues tackling larger(relative to the snake's girth) prey. As a general rule keepers offer smaller rodents(and chicks/quail) more often because, feeding predominately on reptiles in the wild, their natural diet is virtually fat free. Older/retired breeder rodents tend to have much higher fat content so they should be avoided. Not because these critters can't take larger meals, simply because they don't handle fatty diets well.