Feeding BP without heat?

In answer to your question, hold off on feeding until you have heat available. Without the right temps, your snake is unlikely to want to feed anyway.

However, as others have mentioned, you may want to switch to a heat pad when you get the chance.

-Jen

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Originally Posted by PigZilla50317

"Hold off" if temps in the room do not average in the 80's Example of what they experience without heat to digest, Have you ever ate a big meal late at night and tried to go right to bed and the food will Not Digest and feels like it wants to come back up and some times does? The food just lays there blocking the tract without heat darling and snake will not perish without a meal over a weeks time I promise you that! Adult snake can and do go hungry in the wild much much longer sometimes months without proper food as long as they have WATER. I hope this makes you feel at ease Sista!

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That was a horrible mental picture, I think I will refer back to this the next time I want dessert late at night as it's put me right off!

Ambient temp daytime here is 85 to 89 and at night 80 to 85 (Jamaica). I do feed without a lamp or belly heat mostly with no ill effects so far. Would think the decision would have a lot to do with your ambient temperature. The breeder here from who i purchased my girl doesnt use heat either and shes been breeding and keeping ball pythons for over 10 years with no ill effects either. Snakes grow fine and most are great eaters.

recently rescued a ball that was about 9 years old the lady's son went to college, he could not take snake and since been unable to get a place that allows snakes. any how the lady was feeding a pair of mice every other week ( when she remembeed the snake was there) and it had no heat, and the room was cool ( like maybe 72)
also the poor snake had a n old injury to her back that would making breeding impossible for her she went to were my wife works and will be offered as a special needs snake.