The ball python breeding season is within the winter months. Not even the little guy will eat and they are both do! Getting a baby ball python onto an appropriate feeding schedule has a range of benefits. Importation Stress. This essentially involves making three decisions: You must decide what species to feed your pet, you must determine the proper prey size to offer your snake, and you must decide whether you want to feed your pet live or frozen-thawed prey. The most common feeding problem owners have is when their snake doesn't want to strike and eat pre-killed food items like mice and rats. Sometimes ball pythons go off feed during this period [6]. Feeding ball pythons frozen thawed or live? Again, this is a much more natural option for them, but given some training and conditioning, your snake can become accustomed to pre-killed mice. My ball python will only eat live mice because it is so picky. Can i feed my Ball python frozen/Thawed mice? you're already dealing with possible refusal to eat just based on the season. Rats obviously aren’t available quite as small, and can be rather more expensive.

It is best to feed your ball python one mouse per feeding.
Once you have decided to feed your snake a live mouse, you might be wondering how many mice you should put in the cage at one time.

This helps your snake develop at an appropriate rate.

if he loses 20% or more, you need to take a step back and just feed him whatever he'll eat. Recently imported ball pythons can stop eating for months when they arrive, even up to a year. I want to freeze the dead rat i have to feed my snake , but it's used to eating live food, i had to kill the rat because it was injured and my mom wanted it out of it's misery,we're freezing it right now, do you think it's a good idea to try and feed her thawed mice? I rolled them in soiled rat bedding, and I moved it around. How Many Mice Should I Feed My Ball Python? My parents dont want live mice in the house, period, only frozen, so how do i get the snake to eat frozen ones? Anything larger and the snake will not eat it or could become injured, choke, or die. If your python continues to show no interest in a frozen mouse, try feeding him at night, when snakes instinctively hunt, then cover his eating container and leave him alone to see if it makes a difference. Gravid.

If you guys could post how you pre-kill your mice it would be greatly apprecited. As mentioned above, the size of the mouse is more important than the quantity of food. What to Feed a Baby Ball Python. Should I Feed Rats or Mice? In truth, for small pythons it can be easier to feed very small mice. A live mouse does carry more bacteria and your ball python could end up with harmful internal parasites. Some snakes prefer to eat in private. Some reptile and exotic pet feed we regularly have in stock, and some can be brought in by special order. The best thing to feed a ball python is mice. don't be surprised if switching to f/t results in several months of not wanting to eat. I have never once had a problem transitioning 6 ball pythons onto F/T from live, and the only steps I take are: 1. I Agree with all of you that say feeding frozen/thawed is a way better to go when it comes to feeding your bp's. Some snakes also have a preference for the color of the mice they eat. Alright so im about to get a ball python from a breeder here in town in a few days. Frozen mice are not as appealing to your ball python, as they are going to be much more interested in live prey. The first step in feeding your ball python is to select the proper prey item. A friend of mine fed their ball python frozen mice and i fed my cornsnake frozen mice too. Female ball pythons most likely will not eat if they are gravid. Adult ball pythons will eat adult mice and rats when they get big enough. Depending on the size of the snake, you should feed it different sizes. Charlie And Lucy. Yes it can be dangerous to your snake to feed them live prey but its only dangerous if you are not paying attention and know what your doing. i have about 8 ball pythons but i mostly breed boas but for the bp's that i have they all eat live. What Should You Feed Your Ball Python?

It is thought that rat milk is better than mouse milk and so of course the rats themselves are more healthy for the snake. NOTHING. -Payson 04-15-2010, 09:50 PM #2. But from what I have read I'd recommend sticking to frozen or pre-killed mice for a couple of reasons. It is safer to feed a ball python thawed-out frozen rodents.


The smallest being baby mice called pinkys (due to their pink skin and lack of hair). Whether to feed rats or mice is a contentious issue in ball python circles. As per The Journal of Experimental Biology, eating increases cell proliferation in a python’s brain. Ball pythons do best when fed mice no bigger than their body’s diameter at the widest point. I thawed the hopper and rat until room temp. now, with all that said, autumn/winter is a bad time to start changing a ball python's feeding routine. However, rats are preferable to mice if you can get them. Ball pythons are carnivores, and only need to be fed every 1-2 weeks. I heard if you feed your ball python live it could become more aggressive, but then agian I dont know any ways to pre kill mice "Humainly."


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