Quote Originally Posted by fersal
Some pros here seem to think it doesn't make a difference... but I'd like to see what you have out of curiosity... can you please share with us when you get back? Thanks!
All he has is the "whole prey study" that was published by one of the Zoological associations ... it has a chart of different prey items at different sizes and their measure of fat/protein/zinc/phosphorus/etc .... people that like to believe that rats are "more nutritious" than mice often cite that study as "proof" ... The problem I have with the study is that there is no corresponding study that shows what a ball pythons needs are nutritionally ... what good is it knowing that a 25 gram mouse has 7 grams of protein and a 35 gram rat has 6 grams of protein if a ball python only needs 3 grams of protein when fed weekly.

Based on real experience working with ball pythons in numbers for 10 years, I can say with absolute certainty that gram for gram mice vs. rats does not matter ... and I'd put my living breathing ball pythons up as proof against any chart, any day.

-adam