How much/ often should I feed my bp?

[Sp0rk]

I have a few month old female bp, all the pet store had was pinkies although she should be feeding on atleast fuzzies. I'm not trying to breed her or anything so I'd just like to keep her a healthy size. Should I feed her two pinkies once a week or feed her one two times a week? Any other feeding recommendations? (sorry for the crappy pictures )

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You want to feed a prey equal the girth (widest part of your BP's body) size once a week for now, knowing that as an adult if it is in fact a female she will never need anything bigger than a medium rat.

Pinkies and fuzzies are way too small so those are out and you need to feed the appropriate size prey. Since she is a pet I would feed once a week and establish a solid routine of feeding the same day each week.

[Sp0rk]

You want to feed a prey equal the girth (widest part of your BP's body) size once a week for now, knowing that as an adult if it is in fact a female she will never need anything bigger than a medium rat.

Pinkies and fuzzies are way too small so those are out and you need to feed the appropriate size prey. Since she is a pet I would feed once a week and establish a solid routine of feeding the same day each week.

Shes only about a month or two old

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Shes only about a month or two old

Ok age does not help with feeding size sadly weight would.

[LittleTreeGuy]

Ball Pythons can eat hopper mice from the time they are born (most of them anyways). It's a good idea to pick up a kitchen scale that weighs in grams. Weigh your snake, then weigh your prey. If the snake is 200g, you'll want to feed her 10-15% of that, so roughly 20-30g of prey, which would be a rat pup or medium-large mouse. Rats are a tad heavier and are said to have more nutrients, so if you can get rats, even better. If not, an appropriate sized mouse every 5 or 6 days will be just fine.