We have a 1 year old male Ball Python. When we got him last April he would not eat frozen no matter how much I tried. As soon as I put a live mouse in though he began to have no issues eating. Since then I have fed him 1 live adult mouse every 7 days till the last 2 months I have increased it to 2 mice every 7 days. Is this enough? Should I begin feeding him small rats at this point? He is a little over 2 and half feet long and very thick healthy & has already shed 6x in the 9months we have had him. He's an awesome snake and while we got him for our 8 year old obsessed reptile son I love the snake just as much as he does. I guess I'm just afraid he's not eating enough. I read about people feeding more then I do & then I've read the opposite. I'm just trying to get a better idea of an average amount he should get per week. Thank you

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• When to go from a mice to a small rat? - sppythons, Tue Jan 15 09:45:13 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - JLSReptiles2011, Tue Jan 15 11:11:27 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - thunderpaws, Tue Jan 15 11:33:31 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - sppythons, Tue Jan 15 12:14:15 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - jlsreptiles2011, Tue Jan 15 13:00:24 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - sppythons, Tue Jan 15 19:32:16 2013
• RE: When to go from a mice to a small rat? - JLSReptiles2011, Tue Jan 15 20:13:28 2013
• When they are out of the egg ! - Watever, Thu Jan 31 09:32:58 2013