2 Questions????

1. My bp shed (one piece for her first time with me OH YEA! :banana:) defecated, and i also found urates in her hide today.. is that normal for bps to do all that in their hides?
The poop was all over her underbelly so i had to wipe her down with baby wipes...... Disgusting, i even got some on my hand lol.

2. Do you think this rat to big for my bp? She ate the rat without a problem after sizing it up for 5 minutes and she swallowed the rat pretty quickly. I just dont want her eating something bigger than what its supposed to be. Thanks in advance for any reply and advice i get.

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If she got it down chances are it's not too big. If it is too big you'll know when/if she regurges. If you had a weight on her and the prey there wouldn't be any doubt if it was too big or not. And yes, it's common for BPs to poop after they shed.

Also, beautiful girl! Love those reduced pattern females and with those joined alien heads... wow!

1 totally normal
2 yea slightly too big.. with frozen thawed... i could be ok but still that BIG MEAL.. with life feeding i will not go for it at all...

what is the weight of the snake?
i prefer to feed two smaller rats like one big one ;)

Going off that picture, I'd say its a little too big.

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

1 totally normal
2 yea slightly too big.. with frozen thawed... i could be ok but still that BIG MEAL.. with life feeding i will not go for it at all...

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it was pre-killed. also her first. she eating live before... It was labeled at the pet store as a small rat. What would recommend for her next feeding?

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Originally Posted by REBELLMORPH

what is the weight of the snake?
i prefer to feed two smaller rats like one big one ;)

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I don't have a weight on her yet. I won't have a scale until next weekend :(

Ball Pythons seem to be dirty snakes. When they go it seems they dont have a problem crawling threw it. when my boas go they wont go anywhere near it until its cleaned up.

Too big, not that they can't eat that size but the trick with ball pythons is to keep them eating regularly.
Smaller meals more often seems to work better than larger meals that take them longer to digest.