A snake can eat something the size of the biggest part of it's body. If you're snakes girth is at least the size of a golf ball or a little less he/she should be ready for a small rat. What I would do if it were me, I would take the snake with me to the pet store and compare the small rats to your snakes size. That's just me though. Most likely your pet shop may carry hopper rats and I would ask to see if they do. Also on feeding the snake live mice, you always want to stay with the snake and keep an eye on the feeding because we have all heard horror stories of mice/rats chewing on the snake. So you never want to leave them alone with a mouse running around in the cage.

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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