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Largest prey a 3 Ft Rosy can eat?

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What is the largest prey a 3 Ft Rosy can eat? Can a 3 footer eat a large mouse? Or do they have to stick with small to medium sized rat pups for life?
 
It can eat adult mice. I don't know if it will, since you have been feeding rats.
Rats and mice have different scents, and it might not realize that the mouse is food.
It could eat it though, size wise.
 
I've got a newly aquired Adult female San Gabriels that will eat nothing but small to medium ADULT rats. She's a monster, 39 inches. I didn't really believe the guy I bought her from when he told me that she was that big and ate adult rats, so I about fell over when I opened up the box she was shipped in!

Just thought I'd put in my $0.02

I'll try to post a pic.

Take care
Scott
 
Wow, she is huge!
I'd bet she would throw some super babies, must be fun having such a large rosy.
I think San Gabriels are the largest species. I know there is one, where it isnt uncommon to see one of that size.
And this proves a point, it's hard to give blind advice. It all comes down to judgment.
I mean, small rats are like large adult mice. Different amounts of nutrients, fats, ect... I wont get into pH levels.
But, if it is larger, you obviously feed it larger prey, just as the giant rosy eating medium rats lol.
 
Now that I'm treating my Rosies for internal parisites, I'm hoping they can finally keep adult mice/large rat pups down.
 
my adult rosies are fed adult mice or rat pups
one of my females could eat a small rat no problem but i wont give small rats to them
thats just me
 
I wouldn't feed her rats, but she will not take anything else. I tried large adult mice many times, she will not even sniff them, but she hammers rats every time. It would be nice if she would take mice, I've been all over town twice now looking for "just the right size".

Later,

Scott
 
Pro Breeder has them, and I want some. They not only are beautiful snakes, but quite commonly reach up around 4 ft! That is just a cool rosy to have around.
 
feeding your rosy rats is fine
but personaly i wouldnt give anything bigger than a rat pup unless it was a 4 plus footer
 
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