still hungry?

I just fed my 18'' bp a live hopper, and its been about an hour and hes pretty active, roaming around the box. Should I offer him a thawed pinky?

You should feed the snake something that is about equal to it's girth size.

Yeah, the mouse was about the size of the snake... but the snake is moving around the box like he is hungry.... aren't they supposed to be calm after eating?

Yeah, how long have you had him?

I got him like 2 weeks ago, this is the third time ive fed him (the first two were thawed pinkies) and someone suggested that he was starving so i bumped up to a live hopper. he was moving around in the cardboard box i feed him in, but i just put him back in his tank and he went into his hide.

well if he is hanging out in his hide, he was probably just looking at the box. If he moved around inside the cage too, then bump it up to a little bigger next time you feed him. He will be ok until next week. They can go a while with no food at all.

Pinks & hoppers are not appropriate-sized meals for most 18" ball pythons. At a foot & a half in length, your snake should most likely be eating adult mice or rat pups. It is OK to feed your ball python a meal that leaves a small but noticeable bulge in it, especially as it's young & growing. You don't want to overfeed, but you don't want to underfeed, either.

Feeding a ball python that size a pinky is like you sitting down in anticipation of Thanksgiving dinner & only being served a CheezIt.

Make sense? :)

K~

an adult mouse? really? I fed it the hopper, which was the size of the snakes width, and I was worried that it was too big for him.

Some snakes stay in 'feeding mode' after eating.

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Originally Posted by westherocker

an adult mouse? really? I fed it the hopper, which was the size of the snakes width, and I was worried that it was too big for him.

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Live rodents also look a lot bigger prior to being constricted. If you've ever handled a pre-killed or thawed rodent, you'll notice how "streamlined" and soft they become, and how compacted by the motions of constriction & swallowing. I'm willing to bet a hopper didn't put much of a dent in your snake. No, it doesn't mean he's starving to death, just that you may want to consider upping his prey size to something a bit more substantial for a young, growing animal.