I have a pair of Taiwan Beauties that switched to rats without issue. However, they're more a garbage disposal-type snake in that they're so food motivated they'll even eat when in shed. Probably has to do a lot with the body type of the snake. The more slender rats probably tend to go more for lighter prey vs. the big honkers like Taiwans that probably eat anything they can subdue.
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Matt Campbell
25 years herp keeping experience
Full-time zookeeper
Personal collection - 21 snakes (9 genera), 20 lizards (4 genera), 6 chelonians (2 genera)

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• Curious about food preferences in asian ratsnake species. . . - althea, Wed Jun 29 01:47:14 2005
• RE: Curious about food preferences in asian ratsnake species. . . - chris_harper2, Wed Jun 29 12:47:47 2005
• RE: Curious about food preferences in asian ratsnake species. . . - stevefounduk, Fri Jul 8 10:53:18 2005
• RE: Curious about food preferences in asian ratsnake species. . . - Matt Campbell, Tue Jul 12 21:00:30 2005
• Thanks for the input! n/p - althea, Wed Jul 13 01:12:33 2005