Extremely Underfed Python. HELP?

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Originally Posted by kippers

Knowing that small rats should be fed to smaller pythons than mine, he was still being underfed when I did feed him. Size wise anyway since he did eat two. Any advice on how to adjust his meals safely?
Also, is he in as bad a shape as I was told?

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No need to worry abot safety. Just offer him a small rat the same way you offered the mice.

It's hard to say, but I've seen much worse. Hell be just fine :)

Alright, thank you guys so much. I can't wait to see how he progresses. Also, apparently he's older than I thought. I guess for his weight he's half a year - to a year old.

You can also offer food by matching the size of the prey with the widest part/girth of the snake.

Since your little guy is skinnier than his ideal weight, you can just feed slightly larger than his widest part until he starts filling out.

He doesn't look that bad. Just underweight. If he's eating regularly, I wouldn't worry too much.

Good luck!

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As the other folks have stated he is smaller then he should be but I have seen much worse turn around and recover. I would recommend trying a weanling rat first though if your feeding live. I would also read up on feeding live safely before doing small rats.

Judging by the pic, I would not call him severely underfed. I've seen much worse. That being said, once you start feeding him on a regular basis, his 'hunger' could kick in and you'll find him wanting more. I just did this with my Cheddar and omgoodness he was pissy until I finally got his prey size etc right and he decided he was 'full'.

Solid advice guys. And I'm not worried about live, I have only been feeding f/t and that's what he's used to from his previous owners and probably the pet store too. I'm happy to hear he's not doing too badly.

I was given some advice on what I should be feeding my ball python and I was told to get small rats.
I did that but Im afraid that the small rats I've been supplies with are a bit too big. I will be posting pictures in a moment.

http://i.imgur.com/48ycvUf.jpg

I got him five of these, and planned on feeding him one a week but Im worried he may regurgitate it. He did eat two of a mid sized rodent last week, though.

Any help would be appreciated.

that size looks good, i would try feeding every five days at least until his spine isn't sticking out so much and he starts to look round instead of triangular.