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  • 12-26-2010, 12:39 PM
    SlitherinSisters
    Re: Normal Ball Python
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by grits View Post
    He probably hides under the paper because is tighter to him than his hide you have. I would toss the box and let him use the paper. Thats where mine prefer to be no matter how small of a hide box I would use. :gj:

    Yep yep, I say toss the hide too. It is a bit large for him, they should have to squish themselves to lay in a hide. I don't have hides for nearly all of my snakes. Only the babies get hides. If he's eating normally there's no reason to change his set up. As long as he's in a room that doesn't get a lot of traffic and he can get under the paper towels he should be fine.

    As for the comment that you could change your feeding, I'm guessing their advice would be to feed 1 rat? If you can only get mice, or he only eats mice there is nothing wrong feeding him 2-3 at a time. 3 might be a bit much, but maybe not depending on his weight and the size of the mice. Although, he doesn't look fat, so I think 2-3 at a time once a week is fine.
  • 12-26-2010, 01:12 PM
    Gene0514
    Thanks for the advice guys
    I'll try a small rat next friday and see if he'll take it
    Kmart seems to have the acu-rites in, I'm gonna check if they have the correct model
  • 01-08-2011, 04:59 PM
    Gene0514
    I fed him a rat yesterday!
    It was a f/t rat about 5-6" long w/o tail
    He ate it without any problems and it cost me the same as 3 mice, so I'm gonna stick with the rats.
    Here are pics (they are kinda dark and a bit blurry because I feed him in a box and its a cell phone camera)

    Holding it in his coils while swallowing
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...0107011606.jpg
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...107011606a.jpg
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...0107011621.jpg

    Fat neck
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...107011623a.jpg
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...107011623c.jpg

    Belly bulge
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...0107011632.jpg
    http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...0107011633.jpg[/QUOTE]
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