Rescue BP, Need some advice please.

She eagerly took a large thawed Rat. Then about an hour later we offered her a mouse, which she took with as much vigor as the first one. This morning is has her head sticking out of her hide, and is generally a bit curious if we come to the tank. Maybe looking for more food?

I was going to wait 1 week to feed again, as I do not want to overdo it. And try 2 large Rats instead of a Rat and a mouse. Any input on that would be appreciated.



- Also, how is the probe suppose to sit?

One large rat per week is plenty, although do you know the actual weight of the rat? Sitting in the hide with the head out is a pretty comfy relaxed position - might want to know if there's food, might want to know what's up. Mine almost always sits with his head out whenever I'm home. I tried feeding my garter snakes when they wanted food - they got fat :/ It takes way too long to make a snake not chubby. Don't overfeed.

A large rat a week is a lot of food for a ball python, more than enough! They don't need to eat much, even if they look curious or aggressive or whatever, that doesn't mean they are hungry at all. If he a large rat and a mouse, he will have enough food to digest and utilize for the next couple of weeks. DON/T WORRY! THEY REALY DON;T NEED THAT MUCH FOOD! It freaked me out at first too, how infrequent they eat compared to us large-brained warm-bloods.

As others have said, one large rat is more than enough for your bp. If she is an adult, she probably only needs one small rat once a week.
Here is a great bp feeding chart that I follow,https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ding_chart.png

Okay thank you again for your replies. It wasn't a large rat it was a Medium according to the chart. (thank you Joci for posting that) 110 grams is what the thing said.

The weight of the snake was told to us when we got her, though we haven't weighed her so we don't know for sure. Cleo weighs 964 grams.

We will follow the chart and go with one small rat every 7 days.

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Originally Posted by Goats

Okay thank you again for your replies. It wasn't a large rat it was a Medium according to the chart. (thank you Joci for posting that) 110 grams is what the thing said.

The weight of the snake was told to us when we got her, though we haven't weighed her so we don't know for sure. Cleo weighs 964 grams.

We will follow the chart and go with one small rat every 7 days.

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Best of luck with your new legless friend! :)