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  • 05-02-2019, 03:12 PM
    mikemooch
    Two firsts!
    Yesterday was interesting. My 5 month old took his first small rat. I also got my first snake bite. Total food response. I dropped the rat & when I went to grab it he shot out of the hide & tagged me. He's a champ when it comes to handling & has never struck, little guy was just hungry. I was feeding 'adult mice" weekly but they are pretty small, much smaller than his girth. The small rat was about the same girth. Questions is, should I go 10-14 days or stick with weekly even with the larger meal?
  • 05-02-2019, 03:24 PM
    Bogertophis
    Congrats on the rat & the chomp, lol. I'd try going to 10 days...you don't want to over-feed your snake...better that he's a little under-fed.
  • 05-02-2019, 03:53 PM
    JodanOrNoDan
    I attempt to feed any ball less than a year weekly. After a year you can get by on 1 small rat every 2 weeks for most boys.
  • 05-02-2019, 05:23 PM
    Valyndris
    I've made the same mistake when Crowley was a youngling, I fed him and didn't wash my hands after feeding him, so when I went to take him out of his feeding tub he thought I was dessert, it was so little of a bite though it felt like a mosquito bite. As far as feeding goes, I've always fed my ball python meals the size of the biggest part of his body and fed him every 7 days. Now that he is an adult he gets fed every 10 days, until recently I started ordering from a new company and the rats are slightly smaller so he is back to eating every 7 days.
  • 05-02-2019, 05:35 PM
    Craiga 01453
    Welcome to the club!!! Not so bad is it?
  • 05-02-2019, 08:35 PM
    AnnieHeart
    LOL, I've had my ball python for about a year now and I still haven't gotten bit yet...wish i could just get it over with!!
  • 05-02-2019, 08:56 PM
    Bogertophis
    Re: Two firsts!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AnnieHeart View Post
    LOL, I've had my ball python for about a year now and I still haven't gotten bit yet...wish i could just get it over with!!

    Gosh, that's easy! Just rub your hands with his favorite rodent & wave them around his cage on an evening when he's getting hungry...:rofl: (no, please don't!)
  • 05-03-2019, 09:16 AM
    JodanOrNoDan
    Re: Two firsts!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by AnnieHeart View Post
    LOL, I've had my ball python for about a year now and I still haven't gotten bit yet...wish i could just get it over with!!

    If you have just one and you don't mess with a lot of babies odds are you will never get bitten by a ball unless you get super careless while feeding. At most only 5% are psycho.
  • 05-03-2019, 09:58 AM
    mikemooch
    Re: Two firsts!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Craiga 01453 View Post
    Welcome to the club!!! Not so bad is it?



    Not at all. The scrape from the edge of the tank when I pulled back inflicted far more damage.
  • 05-03-2019, 10:00 AM
    mikemooch
    Re: Two firsts!
    https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...4caf262382.jpg
    That’s all, just a quick tag.




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