I'd like to introduce myself...

welcome to the site!!!!!
Jesús

Welcome!
rusty

Hello everyone! I am also very new to the site. My son and daughter finally got their wishs and both got baby balls for Christmas! About a month ago I went to a friend who owns a reptile store and told him my kids wanted snakes, he suggested the balls, he had 3 coming in the next day, they are captive bred and it was easy to pick the 2 I wanted, one of them was striking a lot! I bought 2 and set up the cage in the store office till Christmas, they are in a 40gal breeder, I went there every day to get used to them, it took me 3 days to hold them, now I am in love! I hope I am doing everything correct. They ate pinky mice a few days after they got there, one of them was shedding, they ate well every week, I brought them home Christmas, they have been handled a lot and have been very friendly, I fed them last saturday, 2 pinkys each, I fed seperate and in a box and they both ate rite away! I was sooooooo happy! I gave them a bath and that went well too! All seems to be going very well so far, I did get a lot of info from this site, I'm sure I will have questions along the way.......................

Welcome to the site everyone, and to all those lurkers out there. Come on and join up this place is cool.

Kori, how long are your BP's? Mine is about 19" - 20" long and he is eatting 2 fully grown adult mice. The best way to judge the size of their food is get a mouse that is at least the size of the biggest part of their body.

Welcome to all

Welcome Kori! Just some FYI, baby ball pythons can eat rat pups or adult mice right out of the egg. So try to bump the prey size up. Other than that, enjoy your duo, and feel free to ask questions here, everyone is very helpful.

Happy new year,
Jennifer

Thank you for your responses!
They are both about 1 1/2 ft or so, one is a little thicker than the other. I have a friend in town called "the rat man" he raises rats and mice so I can get whatever I need from him. I noticed that some people say you shouldn't hold them after they eat, we did and they were fine, is that not a good idea?
I'm going to try to put some pictures on if I can figure out how!

Wolfman,
One of mine looks identical to the one you have pictured, I think about the same size.

Once they eat, they need to be left completely alone for about 2-3 days. If they are handled after they eat, they may regurgitate (throw up their food). That puts ALOT of stress on the snake. ;)

Jennifer

Thanks for the tip................. They did well this time but I really want to follow the rules, so to speak!
They are very social, they love to be out, I don't see them as being shy at all. I wish I knew their sex but the vet said they were to young yet, I wasn't real fond of the vet so I'm looking for a new one.

Wolfman,
I finally measured them...........I think, it wasn't easy!
The one that looks like yours is about 20" and the other is close to 22",
So what should I feed them, a pinky rat maybe, or fuzzy??