You "can" (theoretically) feed a bunch of mice instead of a solo rat to a snake, but many BPs balk at eating more than one item per meal. All you can do is try & see. Mostly feeding one larger rat is convenient,
not any sort of essential in terms of nutrition...rats & mice are quite similar. (though some try to insist otherwise...)
You could try other prey items...maybe baby rabbits, or chicks, or guinea pigs or hamsters... Your BCI is going to be a larger problem to feed, just because it will grow much larger than a BP. So sorry you're having
this problem...you definitely need to stay away from rats. Severe allergies are nothing to fool with...sure hope you don't become allergic to other rodents now too.
There ARE plenty of wonderful snakes that eat only mice...like the various rat & corn snakes, gopher/bull/pine snakes, king & milk snakes, rosy boas, Australian spotted pythons (-if you aren't familiar, they stay small-
about the size of an adult corn snake). Personally, I prefer the more active colubrids myself...& their care is easier too (most don't require the higher heat & temperatures of BPs & boas) & stay a manageable size.
One problem is that BPs tend to be finicky eaters...whereas I can feed such various prey to a rat snake (& others) & they wouldn't bat an eyelash even if they had them. BCI tend to be easy to please too,
but they do get bigger & harder to fill up. Good luck!
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