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    Should I Feed Him Again?

    So I have a newish ball python from petsmart and its over 6 months old, ive only had him for about 3 weeks, i just bought small fuzzies instead of feeding him 3-2 pinkies, i fed him one small fuzzy... He looks like hes on the prowl for more food. Should i feed him another?
    Im just curious, thanks

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    Re: Should I Feed Him Again?

    At that age he should be on larger prey items. I'd skip right past the fuzzies and go to adult mice if nothing else. Do you have a scale to weigh him out with? Maybe post a pic with something next to him to give us a better idea of his size. (soda can works well) If he's been on pinkies and fuzzies you don't want to jump too large for his bump up right away.
    If they were only feeding him pinkies he's definitely hungry.
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    Re: Should I Feed Him Again?

    What you need to do really is to feed him appropriate size preys, pinkies and fuzzies are not appropriate for a 6 months old BP.

    If we are talking fuzzy mice it's even worse, BP are generally started on hopper and quickly moved onto adults.

    At this age your BP should at least eat adult mice or rat pup.
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    Re: Should I Feed Him Again?

    yea i agree i would increase the prey size slowly tho as not to stress him. next time feed him hoppers that should the trick
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