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Adopted an underweight young snake, Feeding question
Hello! So I adopted a 2 year old male ball python from a animal shelter, they were not really equipped to care for him, he was 84 grams when i got him, it has now been about 8 months and he weighs 288 grams and is eating like a champ!! I am now feeding him thawed mice once a week. We worked our way up from tube feeding at the veterinarians, to pinkys to where we are now! I am unsure if I should be feeding him less? Some people have told me at this age he should be weighing more then that and I should still be feeding him weekly. Other say I am over feeding him and I should feed him rat pups every two weeks. I don't want to over feed him, but I also am not sure if he is still growing since he was so underweight when i got him. Thanks so much everyone!!! Again 2 years old what the shelter told me, and he is about 3 feet long now.....hes my first snake and a great boy!!
Last edited by Maligator2012; 03-31-2013 at 07:05 PM.
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Omg a 2 year old snake the size of a hatchling...that's awful! Definitely not over feeding him, I'd keep him any once a week since he is so small
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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I'd definitely size up his prey to fuzzies. Pinkies are too small for a complete meal for any ball that's not a hatchling, and while he's gained a ton of weight with you (kudos, I could NEVER imagine...), fuzzies are an ideal kick-up point now that he's eating steadily for you.
Best of luck with him, and thank you for taking him over!!
1.1 Ball Pythons
a) Calliope 0.1, Banana Ball, 2018/19 season, 600g
b) Geralt 1.0 Chocolate Sable Mojave pos. Trick ball, May 27th 2020
3.2 Cats (Fury, Leviathan, Walter, Chell, Amelie); 2.0 Dogs (Bjorn, Anubis); 2.1 Ferrets (Bran, Tormund, Arya); 0.1 Beardie (Nefertiti); 0.1 Slider Turtle (Species uncertain) (Papaya); 2.0 Hermit Crabs (Tamatoa, Sushi); 0.1 Conure (Mauii); Two Axolotyls (Quetzl and Unnamed); Two Tree Frogs (Pluto and Colossus); One Anole (Zeus); One Crestie (Noferatu); 3.0 Guinea Pigs (Paco, Poncho and Piccolo); 0.1 Pink Toe T (Azula)
Fish:
1.1 Oscar Cichlids (Rocky 1.0, hx2020, Red Fire, and Bubble 0.1, hx2019, Tiger), 1.1 Convict Cichlids (Hurley and Sloane), 0.1 Strawberry Peacock Cichlid (Comet), Two Plecos, Rubby the Rubbernose Pleco and Trinidad the common Pleco, 2.0 Upside Down Catfish (Poseidon, Neptune), One Red Parrot Cichlid (Firefly), 1.0 Betta Fish (Jenkins), 2.2 Cherry Barbs ("The Worst"), 1.0 Electric Blue Acara (Goldeneye)
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He needs a rat pup every 5 days. There's no way that snake is 2 years old and 88 grams. Maybe 2 months and 88 grams.
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