Historically, I've always fed my boas rats as soon as they could handle the littlest pink rat I could find. I'm starting to wonder if I should go through the mouse spectrum first and the reason I'm wondering that is all the evidence out there that fat rats cause digestion problems in boas.

My thoughts are this:
If you compare an adult mouse to a rat pup (the two are approximately the same weight), the mouse is (in theory - and I could be wrong on this as I have no data to back this assumption up) the leaner of the two. Which makes me think the mouse may be the better, more nutritional prey item for a boa due to the lower fat content.

I'm looking for feedback on this theory. Thoughts?
jb
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