How often do you feed your baby ball python's?

i feed every 4 day's until 500g,then every 7 days

Does anyone feel feeding at 200g every 2 days is unhealthy?

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

You do know that the 10-15% rule is only for juveniles? Adults shouldn't be getting more than a medium rat worth of food a week. My mediums have been running around 150-175g...and I feed those to my 2200g ball python.

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I thought about going back and amending my statement to the fact that it was just for my only two females who are both 180g right now. My males, which are adults, are fed a small rat every seven days. There's no way a small rat comes close to 10 percent of an 1800g adult. ;)

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One of my balls is 875g and the other is 675g both are on 10 day feeding schedules.


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I feed 10-15% every 7 days regardless of age. Once my males are on smalls they don't get larger prey. I have all but one of my males on small rats. My girls won't get anything larger than a medium rat once they're bit enough. They're both taking small rats right now.

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Originally Posted by BHReptiles

You do know that the 10-15% rule is only for juveniles? Adults shouldn't be getting more than a medium rat worth of food a week. .

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I feed adults smalls and the occasional medium.

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Originally Posted by Haddady's RnR

Does anyone feel feeding at 200g every 2 days is unhealthy?

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Unhealthy? Probably not at that age. Unnecessary and wasteful? Absolutely. If you are feeding an appropriately-sized meal, then feeding that often just just cause the BP to defecate nutrients that would have otherwise been used (aka your money). This also means they always have full bellies when you handle them. If you are feeding undersized meals, then the nutrient content might be about the same, but now you have a snake that is constantly hungry because it isn't getting a big enough meal, and that can lead to getting bitten.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

For the most part, I feed once a week regardless of size/age...

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Originally Posted by Punkymom

I feed 10-15% every 7 days regardless of age. Once my males are on smalls they don't get larger prey. I have all but one of my males on small rats. My girls won't get anything larger than a medium rat once they're bit enough. They're both taking small rats right now.

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Feed mine once a week

My two new ones are taking meals every four days.