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View Poll Results: What do you feed your Ball Python?

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  • Live rats/ASF

    67 31.46%
  • Prekilled rats/ASF

    8 3.76%
  • Frozen/thawed rats/ASF

    51 23.94%
  • Live mice

    48 22.54%
  • Prekilled mice

    5 2.35%
  • Frozen/thawed mice

    25 11.74%
  • Other

    9 4.23%
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    What do you feed you Ball Python?

    Just curious to see what most owners feed their snake! I feed live rats!

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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    2 Live mice.

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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    f/t mice
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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    2 live mice or 1 med. sized ASF rat

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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    Should've used checkboxes instead of dots on the poll.

    Some of my snakes eat FT rats, some eat pre-killed rats, some eat live rats, and some eat live mice.
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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    I feed live mice and I hope to wean onto ft mice later.

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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    There should be an option for "all/some of the above" - since I feed a variety of prey to my BPs. Delilah only eats mice, Toby will eat literally anything, and Mona prefers a live rat... I also have new babies that are eating hopper mice & weanling rats. I've tried F/T and pre-killed, but they won't eat it consistently, and I find live prey easier to deal with anyway.
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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    i feed my bigger, better settled BPs f/t adult mice

    i feed my youngest live hoppers

    i feed my 2nd youngest small live mice
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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    I have BP's that will eat almost everything I put in their cage.
    here is a list of what I feed to my Bp's all live and F/T

    mice
    rats
    ASF's
    chicks
    rabbit pinks
    hamsters
    Guinea pig pinks

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    Re: What do you feed you Ball Python?

    I feed live ASFs or weaned rats ( I breed ASFs but I buy some live weaned rats once a week or so for my larger females).

    No injuries so far. ASFs don't really pose much of a threat from what I've seen. They just chill with deer in head lights look until the snake wants to do it's thing.
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