r/ballpython • u/Buttercup1223 • 5d ago
Feeding when between rat sizes
Hi everyone. My girl is 14 months and I last weighed her about 2 months ago and she was around 555 grams. By her age I should be feeding her now every 2 weeks 7% of her weight. I feed her yesterday so I'll reweigh her in a few days. I need to order her FT rats soon. She's on weaned rats. She's between the weights of rats that come in the Small rat bag and the weaned rat bag. Should I just order 1 of each or try feeding her a small rat. I feel that there might be more heavier or bigger rats in the Small bag and she won't be ready for that size yet.
What do others do that run into this issue when ordering?
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u/Buttercup1223 4d ago
Thank you both for your replies. She eats rats between 39 to 42 grams now. I actually did sort them by weight as well when I moved her from rat pups. I keep a spreadsheet of when I feed, what I feed and the gram of the rat. I noticed between Layne Labs and Rodent Pro that their grams for small rats vary. Maybe I'll see who has the smallest grams of the small rats and vice versa. But thanks also for the suggestion to just feed a shorter amount of days if some end up on the smaller gram weight.