Ball Python Feeding Question

I also have to say your snake should also be eating much larger prey. I got my snake back in August as well, and he was a tiny fellow back then. Now he's almost three feet long, and can eat small adult rats.

If you are keeping him on mice try feeding 2, put another one in after the first one is down.

I had to go and weigh her, as I have never done that. For those that asked, she is 165 grams and looks a little chunky (I'm assuming like children, that means she's about to grow.) And I apologize. I don't think she's only a foot long any more. The last time I measured her was last month. O.o. Here is a picture of her in case ya'll still think she's malnourished. (I fed her on Wednesday)
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She looks good to me. And like has already been stated, nothing wrong with responsible live feeding. I feed live. And also as has been stated, no need to move her to feed. They do not get cage aggression from being fed in their enclosure. It's a lot less stressful for them actually. And moving a hungry snake, that is where you are most likely to get tagged. Also, if you need help estimating prey size, she can eat something as big as her widest part. So if you feel the mouse is too small, you could always offer 2. One at a time. :)

P.S.I like your name! :)

As others have said, no problem with feeding live as long as you do it properly. Also, no need to move her to a separate enclosure for feeding. The only advantage to that is that if you have her on a substrate such as cocofiber or aspen shavings, there is some chance she'll swallow some with her meal, and putting her in a substrate-less enclosure prevents that. But it is not like snakes eat in a substrate-less enclosure in the wild. Occasional small bits of substrate does not seem to harm them.

I do think she is more than ready to move up to bigger meals. She can eat a mouse or rat that is as wide as her widest part. Some BPs are big enough when they hatch to eat an adult mouse, so your girl that has "grown so much" can surely eat something bigger than the smallest mouse at the petstore. This is also evident from the photos you posted. Even if you have tiny hands, she is quite a bit wider than a small adult mouse.

She looks healthy, though, so you must be doing a good job overall. It is great that you are concerned about doing the right things for her.

She looks good to me :). Keep doin what you're doin! At that size she could definitely eat 2 mice or a smaller rat.

lol that is WAAAAAAAY longer than a foot long. Keep it up!

I'll definitely be feeding her more now thanks! ^.^
But where's the best place to get a small live rat now (I hear they have more nutritional value than mice, so if she can eat them, I'd rather feed her them)? Like I said, she won't eat anything dead, fresh killed or f/t. I don't know why. She just smells it and leaves it there.