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Hey everybody-

I am going to be purchasing two female balls 400+ and 600+ grams. Could someone please tell me around what size mice they will be eating. Thank you.
 
The general rule of thumb is that the prey size be about 3/4 the size of the thickest part of the snake that is eating it. Not knowing whether your snake is long & lean or short & chunky makes it hard to answer. I would say check the size of a small rat (this is also subjective, depending on who you are getting it from) and if it is not bigger than the snake is round, start there. Be advised though, that the snake will either not eat it if it is too big (although there may be other reasons it doesn't eat), or could possibly regurge if it is.
Good luck.
 
When feeding newly acquired animals, less is more, Tuesday. You'll get a feel for their eating preferences, rate of digestion, food preferences etc. in a fairly short period of time. Start with a prey item you know she can handle (based on the weights you gave a weaned rat sounds like a real safe play) and work your weigh up. I have 300 gram BP's that eat small rats and digest them in 3 days. I have fully grown adult females at 2000 grams that eat mice only. You just have to get to know them.
 
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