It's hard to say very much without seeing the size of your rats relative to the snake, but feeding two rats at once is most likely reasonable. Unless they are very large compared to the snake, feeding 3, less often, would probably be fine and save you some time.



I've never really seen a boa have a problem from eating too much at once like some snakes do. I have one that is around 5.5 feet and will readily eat 5 large-jumbo rats in a sitting without a problem. Of course, I don't usually do that, but he's my garbage disposal when I thaw out too many rats for the other snakes. I just wait a little longer before feeding him again.
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