Quote Originally Posted by Purrrfect9 View Post
If the BP is only a few months old, a jumbo mouse would be very difficult for it to swallow.

Depends on who is keeping it. I have 4 month olds on small rats. I try to get babies on jumbo mice asap.....usually about 6-8 feedings or 2 months. They are designed to eat lots and grow fast as babies. Maximum growth potential is achieved during the first 12-18 months. Those that grow their animals slowly are only starving the animals. With ball pythons, I feed them as much as they want to eat because I never know when they will fast for 6 months.

As far as feeding an adult a couple of mice a week, you'll need more. I would say 1.3-1.4 breeder mice would keep an adult fed at about the right pace. As long as you are rotating litters so you are not overrun with mice all at once you should be fine. My adults that feed only on live adult mice get 4-8 large mice per week.