Feeding

[wizbit13]

Ok I am going through a little bit of a problem at the moment, in that I am finding it hard to get hold of suitable size rats for my ball python and IJ. I have got both of them on rats with no problems (pure luck I think!!) but now both of them are eating small rats. Rat fuzzies I think they are known as. About 4-5 inches long maybe, with fur. I have been to loads of local pet stores but for that size everyone is trying to sell me mice as all the rats that they have seem to be huge. Is it really a bad idea to move back to mice, and may I have a problem switching back to rats if I do?? Everyone I speak to say that my IJ should be eating pretty large rats by now (he is about 3.5 foot long) but he seems to struggle to eat the size im giving him now and dont think he is reay to move up to huge ones.

What do I do??!!

Adam