Quote Originally Posted by RWillinnable
I was thinking of making the change to rats, Adam, because that seems to what folks here do with their bp's. But I really don't care what Shahrazad eats as long as she eats consistently and grows into a healthy, curious, and active little snake. If I gotta feed her 5 weanling mice as an adult, I will do so, but for convenience sake, I was considering making the jump to rats.
In my somewhat humble opinion, the way "others do it" should only be used as a guide, not an influence on how you care for your animal.

I feed my ball pythons what they prefer ... mice, rats, whatever ... doesn't matter to me.

For what it's worth, even my largest adult females that eat mice only get two or three large mice per week and they do just fine.

You should feed ... #1 Whatever your snake prefers to eat ... and #2 Whatever is most convenient for you.

-adam