2 Fuzzies vs 1 Mouse?

[ZoeFugazi]

hello all, my new BP is about 21 inches. I fed her for the 1st time last week with a thawed fuzzy in a separate feeding tank. I used tongs to hold the fuzzy in front of her and in just seconds she snatched it and ate it. After she was done she kept movin around like she was lookin for somethin, so i thought she might still be hungry so i thawed one more fuzzy and an hour and a half later i dangled it with tongs and again within a couple seconds she snatched it and ate it up no problem.
So my question is .....Is it better to feed her 2 fuzzies (which are just a tad smaller than her girth if not equal to), or 1 mouse which would be slightly larger than her girth? ...any advice greatly appreciated!!!!
-Kev

[don15681]

the larger the rodent that she is able to take the better. reason a larger rodent, a larger bone structure. the snake gets calcuim from the bone structure

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Fuzzies are not appropriate size food for a BP, you need to feed something about equal to it's girth size.

Even feeding 2 fuzzies would still be too little as far as food amount goes, time to upgrade your BP to something a little more significant

[ballpythonluvr]

I have a 4 month old male BP that is currently on small adult mice. They are now becoming to small for him. I will be putting him on rat pups. Fuzzies are not an appropriate siazed meal for a baby ball python.

[ZoeFugazi]

.....and to think the place i bought it from said they were feeding it 1 pinkie per week?!?! THANKS a bunch guys!!! glad i asked!

[Jeo123]

Out of curiousity, you didn't buy him from a pet smart did you?

I've found that not only do they generally underfeed, but they also encourage the underfeeding to continue.

[malpatches]

My boy who is 21" and 150 grams eats 1 rat pup every 5-7 days and would eat more often if I were willing to give it to him. So I would definitely increase the size of the prey.

[ZoeFugazi]

Out of curiousity, you didn't buy him from a pet smart did you?

I've found that not only do they generally underfeed, but they also encourage the underfeeding to continue.

...i got her at petco. why in the world would they encourage underfeeding?

[rabernet]

...i got her at petco. why in the world would they encourage underfeeding?

Because they are woefully under educated on the proper care of reptiles.

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[ZoeFugazi]

sooo...looks like im going to have to start feeding fresh killed prey as the shop where i was buying frozen only sells frozen pinkies and and fuzzies. anything above that is live. anyone have advice on the easiest and quickest way to kill live prey before feeding? (no hammers please) =P