-Mice & Rats-

[rmune0750]

is there only 1 size of feeder MOUSE...or do they have large ones also?

like when ur snake gets too big for mice do u go right to rats or do they have bigger mice?

[Freakie_frog]

Mice only get so big once your snkae out grows them move to rats of just a little bit bigger than a full grown mouse. For most people this is a weanling or a small rat. but you have to judge.

[Alecz]

there are diff. sizes to mice, but mice don't come very large. 3 inches at most.

[rmune0750]

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[elevatethis]

Its easier to think more in terms of weight.

An adult mouse can weigh in anywhere from 30-50 grams. Its Rat counterpart would be a "weaned" rat which runs about the same weight.

Ryan, it all amounts to what you have available to you in terms of what you should do. Most people have a hard time finding live rats in smaller sizes, others don't.

All sizes available, I'd start a hatchling on hopper mice, move them to rat fuzzies/pups after a few weeks, then go up to weaned rats, then smalls, etc etc...

Multiple adult mice at the proper interval can be fed to 400-500+ gram ball pythons without any concern.

[rmune0750]

Its easier to think more in terms of weight.

An adult mouse can weigh in anywhere from 30-50 grams. Its Rat counterpart would be a "weaned" rat which runs about the same weight.

Ryan, it all amounts to what you have available to you in terms of what you should do. Most people have a hard time finding live rats in smaller sizes, others don't.

All sizes available, I'd start a hatchling on hopper mice, move them to rat fuzzies/pups after a few weeks, then go up to weaned rats, then smalls, etc etc...

Multiple adult mice at the proper interval can be fed to 400-500+ gram ball pythons without any concern.

weaned rats r different then SMALL rats?

[elevatethis]

yup...slightly smaller than a small!

[elevatethis]

http://www.rodentpro.com/products.asp

That may help...click on mice and rats and it will show you a list of their sizes. It varies slightly from supplier to supplier, but that should give you a broad idea of how the sizes work!

[rmune0750]

http://www.rodentpro.com/products.asp

That may help...click on mice and rats and it will show you a list of their sizes. It varies slightly from supplier to supplier, but that should give you a broad idea of how the sizes work!

awesome..i like that site...thanks

so if i went into my pet store...is this what i would ask?

"Can I have a small feeder rat?"

[elevatethis]

A "small" is a totally ambiguous term, especially in a pet store of all places. Just ask to see the sizes, and pick something that is slightly smaller than the max point of girth for your snake.

Are you switching to rats from mice right now?