Question: I have a California kingsnake. She is female and around 4 years old. I have been having some issues with feeding her as described [here](https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/2006/snake-not-interested-in-food). 

We eventually concluded that the problem was she was bored of mice; when we tried her with day-old chicks, she went for them. 

Unfortunately, the chicks are slightly too big for her. I already cut their legs off before feeding, but this time I'm going to try it again and make sure no leg stumps remain, and cut off the wings as well.

Besides the chicks, **are there any additional alternative foods I can try?**

I should note I live in the UK & Live feeding is illegal.

Answer: 
Try switching to rats; weanling rats if you need something smaller. 

To us, they seem like basically the same thing as mice. But if your snake is truly getting "bored" with mice, rats will provide a different scent and nutritional profile which may fulfill the snakes instinctive predilection towards varying their diet.

They may eventually enjoying eating mice again, if they can get something else on occasion.
As mentioned in previous answers, rats and gerbils can be offered instead of mice or in a rotation with mice.

Chicks are fine, but I have been told that a snake fed exclusively on chicks can become malnourished, so you probably want to offer chicks in addition to other foods. (Not that you necessarily need to offer something else in the same feeding, just try to make sure she's eating other things as well on occasion.)

Another thing that you can try, if they're available in your area, are **quail eggs**. Again, I would recommend offering these in combination with other foods.

Setting up a rotation of eggs, chicks, and rodents should hopefully provide an interesting and nutritionally complete diet for your snake that will keep her healthy and eating well.