Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
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Danounet
Ya there is an old video of youtube about that, But Im pretty sure those are the "regular" norway rats that they use for those, which would make sence, since they are much bigger than ASFs.
LOL yeah. It's still pretty intellegent how rodents can do things like that. :D
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
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Originally Posted by
Danounet
Ya there is an old video of youtube about that, But Im pretty sure those are the "regular" norway rats that they use for those, which would make sence, since they are much bigger than ASFs.
The rat's they use are The Gambian pouched rat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO
YouTube - APOPO
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
Havent seen that video in a long time, wasnt sure anymore :gj:
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
You're gonna fail if you write all these things as Ball Python prey. Every teacher knows that Ball Pythons eat people,Elephants, Giraffes ....and when really hungry, they eat whole vehicles with 6 people in them.:taz: That's what they see on the news, so why would they believe anything different.:taz::taz::taz::rage::rage::rage:
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
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Kaorte
Gerbils!
Gerbils that we are familiar with are from Mongolia, not Africa. The do eat cousins that are in the jerboa family, but not gerbils that are sold in our pet trade.
Re: What do BPs prey on in the wild?
The ASFs, also called multi-mammate mice, there are a number of species in the genus Mastomys--they are one typical prey item for wild ball pythons. Here are some others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Striped_Grass_Mouse
Striped grass mice of the genus Lemniscomys are common in Africa.
http://www.gerbil.info/html/other_gerbil_species.htm
Various species of gerbils.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa
Jerboas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Myosoricinae
African shrews
Without a doubt, introduced Norway rats and house mice also find their way into the diets of wild ball pythons.
I suggest using search terms such as 'wild ball python diet' and 'african rodent species'. You should be able to compare range maps--when you find rodents that have a range overlapping that of ball pythons, it's a good bet that they wind up as part of the ball python diet. You should also search for ground-nesting African birds, African rabbits, and other small African mammals that live in the same environment and range as ball pythons.
