size of meals

[Tammy]

can anyone tell me how you know when to up the size of the meals? Batista is 27 inches long...about as big around as a half dollar. he is eating one full grown mouse a week. do you think this is enough? he seems to get really hungry, goes into hunting mode...about 3 days before feeding day. guess i'm just worried about him not egtting enough to eat.
Thanks!
Tammy

[recycling goddess]

honestly, many grown ball pythons live on a rat about the equal size to a full grown mouse...

you could try adding another mouse to his feeding day and see how he does. when dexter was acting like this... i upped him to two mice... the took it the first couple of feeds and then never again. i guess he just needed to see what "overfull" felt like LOL

[Tammy]

i thought about that too...in the wild surely they don't eat a mouse every week...at the same time...in the same place...lol...i'm going to take him with me to the mouse store tonite...maybe he'll kow if he neds a bigger meal.
thanks for your help!

[recycling goddess]

i don't think i'd take it to pick up the mouse... as you may get 'hit' when it wants to feed on the way home! :eek:

[djslurp1200]

i don't think i'd take it to pick up the mouse... as you may get 'hit' when it wants to feed on the way home! :eek:

Yeah the smell alone might put him in feeding mode. half of my balls come racing out of their hide boxes looking for food as soon as I walk into the apt. with rats. Just the scent of them get's them all siked to eat.