All depends on the size of rat and size of snake. Personally when my snakes are over 500g on an empty stomach they start eating 200g rats, I have had no problems until that I give them weaned rats till they are about 250g and then to small rats once they are over 250g. A proper sized meal will leave them with a nice bulge in their belly for 2 - 3 days. If you feed your snake and a couple hours later you can't tell they have eaten go ahead and offer something larger next time or give 2 of the size you have been giving.
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Nita Hamilton
4.13 Normal BP's, 1.0 Het Orange Ghost BP, 1.0 Het Pied 1.0 50% poss Het Orange Ghost BP's

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• How big is too big? - mikesanders, Fri Mar 11 17:40:30 2005
• RE: How big is too big? - coldthumb, Sat Mar 12 11:28:37 2005
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