Quote Originally Posted by eternalfrost View Post
got a nice fat mousie from petsmart and dimmed the lights, put it in the cage with him. after about 10 min he pokes his head out of his hide, tounge flicking up a storm and strikes home. thought the mouse might be a bit too big(smallest they had at the store) but he gobbled it right down, damn those heads of theres really expand when they eat! then crawled around on his rock then back into his hide, almost couldnt fit through the hole he got so big!
Most folks don't feed anything more than the girth of the snake... how big is he?

I don't know if you have Pet Warehouses there, but they usually carry hoppers and smaller adults- I think doubling up on a smaller prey item is better than something too big. The theory is not to leave much of a lump- meals that are too large can lead to fasting and other problems.

I kind of went through the rodent list as mine grew- started on hoppers, then we'd give him two; switched to small adults, and now he's on regular adults (mice, that is). I've thought about going to rats, but he didn't really seem to like them.

Congrats on the good feed! I hope he continues to adjust well.