Getting the most out of a feeder shipment?

[Akuma223]

Okay, so yesterday I got two new snakes, a little female Columbian Rainbow Boa, and a little male Western Hognose. I have run out of pinkies a few months ago and have only been able to get fresh mice and sometimes rat pups in small bunches for my two garter snakes and young corn. I plan to make a bulk order of mice and rats for all my snakes and my monitor that I want to have last as long as possible (a year at the very least). So I was wondering how much of each size mice I should get to accommodate the eventual growth of my new snakes and my corn? I don't think my garters will grow any larger then they currently are so mouse hoppers and smaller work for them, as well as cuttings from larger mice.
The corn, hog, and boa are of similar size. So my question is, how fast will these little beasties grow and up to what size mice should I get? I plan on getting pinkie rats for sure but don't know if I should worry about larger rats? We have plenty of chicks for now for my lizard but I don't want that to be his staple, we'll be out of adult mice pretty soon. Should I focus on feeding my boa rats from the beginning because rats will be the best for her at full size?


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[fedupdon]

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[sharthun]

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[EL Ziggy]

It's tough to say how fast a snake will grow in a year. I'm thinking the boa and the corn will grow a little larger and faster than the hog. If you're feeding them all rats exclusively I'd get a few pinks, some fuzzys, pups and weaners. My kings were big enough for rat pups and weaners after a year. My bull snake is a year old and she eats 1-2 small rats per week. Your boa may be on smalls by that time too.