Newish baby

Massed the little critter today with a laboratory beam balance, (he was in a paper bag) 71g. So his feeders should be around 7g. What was neat was he did not mind being in the bag at all, and he climbed out on his own when I opened it in his enclosure. I think he is adjusting fine. Now to work on taming his little nips/strikes.

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Well he ate his last "small" mouse today, it was the largest in the package, and weighed 11g, so he ( I am going to guess he is a he cause he is soo small ) he is doing just fine, This morning I decided to offer food cause he was all up on the log when we came in, and in a surprisingly weird way hanging coiled like a GTP. We warmed up the mouse and just left it in there, no zombie dance, and watched from outside the lab. In about 20 min he had taken it down. Without leaving the log!! He did not strike with any speed, just hung down and slowly reached for it, then was a little more quick with the coiling, but not like lightning fast. So boring, I miss feeding my 28 inch beardie live hamsters, he would rip them apart and dig into them like a dog eating spaghetti. :( FT is a little boring, but I guess its safe for the snake, who I have named "Snake the Dog", referencing Adventure Time. When he is still small I would like to see him take a live hopper, at least ONCE, but I guess I will be alright without that. I think with his slow strike, its probably gonna be FT for good. Oh yeah after he ate he came down off the log and low and behold, he is pink belly again.
Thanks in advance again, but does anyone want to suggest when I can move him into a bigger tub, display plastic?
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Ok so maybe the beardie was closer to 23" but he was really big. Anyway back to the snake is a 36" cage too big?

why would an enclosure ever be too large?

if you feel that the BP might feel insecure, just clutter it up a bit with more decoration and more hides, break open lines of sight, create hiding places.

Hmmmmmm.

Well, thats good to know. But say you have a 80g baby, would you put it in a T8? Thats why I would choose a 36". But I am a noob.

especially the smaller ones are scared of open lines of sight, because in nature it means that there is an open vector where a bird of prey like an owl or falcon could attack them, or a 4 legged predator could spot them, and they have no way to get to safety fast enough.

so what makes them feel insecure is not the size of the enclosure. if there are enough hiding places, and ways to crawl from one hiding place to another while still staying mostly out of sight, then i think they like large enclosures and will spend many nights exploring it all.

i see no reason why you shouldnt buy the large adult-sized enclosure right away. sure, you need to add hides and fake plants and decoration and stuff, and that makes cleaning more challenging, but we are talking about a pet, and not a breeding operation where everything is geared towards efectivity.

I would keep some mice around when you decide to buy the rats. Sometimes, Ball Pythons will not be interested in a rat because it has a different scent than a mouse. So, if your BP refuses a rat, you have some mice for backup. :)

He/she is still pounding mouses at about 8 -10 grams. And the shed was good again gonna upload some pics in the new enclosure.