Hello!
In the house we have 2 ball pythons, young'n and an older snake.
My question concerns the older snake and I guess my baby.
We adopted him a couple months ago, he is 38 inches long now.
When we first got him he was underweight because they were only feeding him one small mouse every 10 days. I bumped it up to two live adult mice. And now he is looking gooood.
No live rats here, but he greedily accepted a f/t small rat on the first try a couple weeks ago!
How much should he be eating every 7 days? 1 small rat, or two? I don't think he would be able to get down a medium as it already takes him quite a while to get down the small rats, but maybe he could.
As for the baby, he didn't eat for 2 months but now is eating on a very good schedule. He has shed and is now 17-18 inches long and looking very healthy. He is getting one small mouse every 4-5 days, usually day 5, poops after about 3-4 days. Is one mouse fine, or should he be on two?
Thanks for the help!