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.
I have a lavender king snake, and I also have a breeding pair of doves, which have given me about a dozen doves in around a year, I've been pulling the eggs when they are laid, ideally before incubation begins, they're probably better for the snake if I let the doves incubate, but I had one break open after being incubated and for the sake of my conscience I don't let them incubate at all anymore. I have had good success with feeding the eggs to both my king and ball snakes, however my king seems to have a higher metabolism than the ball, so usually the king gets the eggs to carry her through in between feeding mice. If you don't have access to dove or pigeon eggs, quail eggs can be found at many of the asian supermarkets, but you'll likely have to live near a city to find one. I can't even find most goya products in the rural gerocery stores near my own home, and I've never found quail eggs anywhere outside of an asian supermarket