Quote Originally Posted by ch312 View Post
i was just emailed by someone looking to buy my 8-9 week old male rats i want to get rid of. he asked why i am getting rid of them so i told him they are too big for my bp. in his reply he said that a bp wont kill something unless its capable of eating it and if he can get it down, then its not too big.

is this true? what are the risks of feeding your snake something thats too large?

when people say you should feed your snake rodents that are the same width as the snakes widest point. is this when the rodent is sitting normally or when its stretched out such as when a snake is swallowing it?

Sometimes snakes eat things that are too big, they get regurgitated or in some rare cases it can kill the snake. And there really is no real need to feed bps huge meals when you don't have to.