Mice questions!

[carloscar27]

Does anyone know if the mice from corporate pet stores are weanlings or adult mice? Whats a good site to get frozen mice? And also would it be a bad idea to give my 9 month old bp 2 pinkies instead of one adult?
Thanks

 

[Barbel]

Do you have a picture of your snake and could you get a weight on him or her?? A snake of that age should be eating something bigger than an adult mouse. It depends on the size of the snake though, so I can't really help you much without more information.
Also, you should really try to switch to rats. They are a better quality of food than mice.

 

[leoman777]

im not sure what size mice it should be eating since i dont have experience with BP's but this is a good sight for mice

rodentpro.com

 

[carloscar27]

I'll put up a picture in like 30 min
Rodentpro's shipping is insanely high :/

 

[carloscar27]

Curled up, a shot of her head


Here she is next to her 10 gallon tank(soon going to upgrade to a 30 gallon) its about 9x19 inches and she has about 3 inches on it so she's about 22 inches long, she wouldn't stay still sorry about the bad shots









I don't know why those Twitter things are on there..

 

[whkrazyk]

try www.gourmetrodent.com/, and rats are higher in protein and suppot growth better than mice like barbel said. She's prolly big enough to eat a fuzzy rat.

 

[Barbel]

She seems a bit small for being nine months old. I would definitely switch to rats fuzzies to start.
If you order food anywhere online shipping is going to be expensive because of the dry ice, but even if you add the shipping price and compare it to what you are paying in the store, it still comes out cheaper. It is just a little harder to swallow since you have to pay it all at once! It is definitely worth it to buy in bulk online, just buy 4-6 months of food.
We like to buy from http://www.bigcheeserodents.com/ they seem to have the best prices and shipping. We actually just bought from them this weekend and they shipping company sent our food to the wrong state. They are still going to replace the ones that got ruined for free, so I highly recommend them.
How often are you feeding her?? Is she a good eater?

 

[carloscar27]

9 Months was an estimate, not really sure how old she is, but is much less than a year. Yeah I did the math it is cheaper. She's a great eater, but I have not put her on prekilled food and she eats every 7 days

 

[carloscar27]

Oh and are rat fuzzies bigger or smaller than mice you get from corporate stores?

 

[Barbel]

Rat fuzzies are about the same size as an adult mouse. Your snake can eat anything that is the same size as the largest part of its body. From looking at the picture, I believe she would have no problem downing one fuzzie a week and could probably move up to rat pups soon.

 

[carloscar27]

Alright cool I'll go with the fuzzies
I found a local vendor and he will deliver for free so I'm in luck!
Thanks to all of you especially Barbel!

 

[Barbel]

Aww!! You're welcome! Glad I could be helpful! :main_thumbsup: