Question

[patrick76]

I have had my ball for about a month and he is starting to have skin on the bottem of him look like it need more food or something. Skin is not tight like the rest of him should i feed him more?

[SarahMB]

How old and how big is your snake? What have you been feeding it and how often?

[patrick76]

Been feeding it once every week i have had it for a month and it has eated a pinkie once a week for the past month. Not sure on the weight of the snake don't have a scale.

[CntrlF8]

pinkie mouse, or rat? Pinkie mice are too small for even hatchlings...

[Kagez28]

i would hope rat pinkies, mouse pinkies are pretty much worthless to ball pythons.

it's best to feed a prey item that is slightly smaller then the girth of your snake.

[patrick76]

Been feeding it mouse pinkie. Last night i fed it a mouse fuzzy.

[Kagez28]

mouse pinkies are way to small for even the smallest ball pythons. i have a corn snake thats the size of a pencil, and she gets pinkies.

a mouse fuzzy is a good start, how old is your ball. you might be able to get him up to hoppers.i just wouldn't over do it. start off small and work the prey sizes up. if you feed to large of meals he'll go off feed to "catch up".

[patrick76]

I got him from Petco about a month ago. Not exactly sure when dob was. He took down the fuzzy ok i guess took about 10 mins compared to the pinkie that took like 2 mins to take down.

[West Coast Jungle]

Feed him a rat pup or small mouse, that guy is under nourished but should come back after a few meals. My hatchlings start with mouse hoppers, they have fur, eyes opened and can run, hop around. Mice pinkies are just a tease to a BP.

[patrick76]

Thanks i will let you guys know how it goes with the fuzzys.