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I have an ~3ft boa and largest body size is a little bigger than a toilet paper roll. Im being told to feed it several hopper mice instead of a small/medium rat the size of the largest portion of the body. From the research ive been reading on the net, ive heard to feed based upon the largest body portion which im thinking is correct. Anyone feed this way or the other?

IMO NO BCI ssp should ever have to eat a mouse period !
Your boa can/should do anything over 60-75 gram rat feeders.
Nothing wrong with a little bulge after feeding.
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TnK

with TnK about the size of the rodents to feed. Personally, I even start my babies on rat pinks rather than mice in any form, because once they are on mice, it can sometimes be troublesome to switch to rats, which everyone will have to do. I got my first boa and swore she would only eat mice (since I love rats) at 5 mice a meal, I realized I was a fool and all the info I'd read was correct. I now have 35 snakes and a couple hundred rats that I breed and euthanize myself; and a few rabbits.
IMO You are right to switch up to rats the size of the biggest part of your snake's midsection! Good luck!
Steph S.

Thanks for the info man. I really didnt know alot about feeding, but i kept hearing and reading to feed the size of the biggest mid section so much, that i was tending to go along with that.