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ok i feed my aug, or sept bp a small mouse a day, should i try bigger, i just dont want him to choke. his head doesnt look big eniugh, but i dont want to feed him to little? good idea or no?

try rat fuzzies

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Originally Posted by Michael

ok i feed my aug, or sept bp a small mouse a day, should i try bigger, i just dont want him to choke. his head doesnt look big eniugh, but i dont want to feed him to little? good idea or no?

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Wait... I think I'm misunderstanding this one... you don't mean one small mouse everyday right?
I have a July bp and he is on adult ASFs now. I'm thinking that's equivalent to a small/medium rat. He eats one ASF a week.

Their heads are small but their jaws detach to open W I D E... so, you want to use a rat that is the same size around as the biggest part of the snake's body.

you feed a him a small mouse everyday? that has to be a lot of digestion going on. i would try reducing to every few days.

And ditto, up the prey size

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Originally Posted by Michael

ok i feed my aug, or sept bp a small mouse a day, should i try bigger, i just dont want him to choke. his head doesnt look big eniugh, but i dont want to feed him to little? good idea or no?

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From what I have seen, all ball pythons look like they have small heads compared to the rest of their body...especially males. Maybe its just me :taz:

You don't have to worry about that, though.
A snakes jaw can open up to like 150 degrees, and they spit all over it to make it slide down easier.

i feed him every thursdy, and i dont have rat breeder close

Do you know how much he weighs? I have one late Dec 08, and two July 08. The older ones are 290-300 and the younger one is about 260. I just switched to rat fuzzies, but you should be able to do as big of mouse as you can get.

The biggest I found at my pet store were 22 to 25 g's. If you can't find anything big enough feed her an adult mouse and a hopper. That should be plenty. :) Try and get a scale. I bought mine off ebay for $15 with free shipping. It goes up to 5000 g's. Hopefully I'll never max it out. lol.