Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis
Just to add to the mouse/rat thing, feeding a pet ball python mice is totally ok. It would be advantageous to feed a ball pythons rats when, for example, you breed them and you want to get a female back up to weight after producing a clutch of eggs. Just easier on the keeper, thats all.
For what it's worth, each year I can get my mousers that lay eggs back up to weight just as easily as my rat eaters ... at least in my collection, it doesn't make a difference.

-adam