Quote Originally Posted by ptate View Post
For only 2 snakes I would say it's not worth breeding your own rodents. Also if they are both eating 3 mice at each feeding, you might consider switching to weaned rats which would be cheaper. One rat per snake every two weeks won't cost as much as 3 mice per snake every two weeks.
I have tried switching to larger mice and even frozen. Given their age, my snakes are pretty set in their ways and won't eat them. With the larger mice, we had an incident where Rosie was scratched pretty bad and needed antibiotic injections and Iodine baths. So, my uncle (the Vet) said to keep them on smaller (more helpless) mice, as they give less of a struggle...lol that sounded so horrible.