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It is perfectly fine if you leave in the hide and branch. What are you using for substrate? I really cant make out what it is from the picture.
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With ball pythons, it is best not to disturb their enclosure environment before feeding. That will create unneeded stress on the animal and can result in the ball python not eating. They are ambush preditors.....that means they need a place to ambush from.
Looked to be eating just fine to me.
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What are you using for substrate?
Now that is a good question. It looks like little rocks to me. I'm not sure I agree with that one. I'm a newspaper guy though, everything else is too much of PITA for me LOL.
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They arn't little rocks its either corn husks or corn hulk I don't remember what its called. Please don't get mad if I'm not suppost to be using that I'm still learning here.
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Looked to be eating just fine to me.
I think it's a bad idea to remove everything from the enclosure as well. I've only had to feed live a couple times, but I never disturbed their tubs when I did.
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Plus we tried a live mouse but it looked like he was afraid in it and we left it in there for the whole day but he didn't eat it so we just had to take it out and clean up the cage.
And leaving a mouse in the enclosure all day, with no hiding place for the bp is going to end with a chewed up snake. :( Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It's just seems the wiser course to be as safe as possible when feeding live. :D
As for the corn husk, I've not heard anyone using that. I'm unsure of the appropriateness of such a substrate. :confuzd:
Re: Pics of Mr. Sister eating. ^_^
Well my sister heard somewhere it was a good bedding to use but I'm not sure if they were a good source or not but my sister seems to trust them. I don't know who it was lol.
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With ball pythons, it is best not to disturb their enclosure environment before feeding.
What about feeding in a different tub?
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What about feeding in a different tub?
Not necessary.. and can cause multiple problems... stress on the snake, regurge due to handling so quickly after a meal...etc..
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Looked to be eating just fine to me.
That may be the case this time, but it will not be forever. Ball pythons feed better when their environment is not disturbed. I know this because I have experienced with the ball pythons that I keep and from information provided by others.
Jim, how many ball pythons do you keep? I would just like to know since you seem to disagree with the advice that I give concerning them.
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I think I recognize the substrate as corncob .....it's most frequently sold as bird litter, but i have seen some companies repackage the stuff and sell it as reptile litter.....I even think it had pics of snakes on it! it's easy for a newbie to become confused when shopping for supplies for their new snake. I saw it happen many times at the petstore i worked at. It is easy to see how he might have been led in the wrong direction, with all those -speaks sarcastically- "experts" out there at the pet stores lol!!! Any way, catzeye, you made the right move by joining this forum!!! When it comes to help and assistance with BP's, this forum is the best...you won't be dissappointed!
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Jim, how many ball pythons do you keep? I would just like to know since you seem to disagree with the advice that I give concerning them.
Just because I don't own one now doesn't mean I have never owned a few. Plus, I wasn't disagreeing with you, I was just stating that it WAS eating fine at that moment. I just don't like seeing someone getting torn apart for just sharing a few pics with us. If he/she wanted help they would ask.
Sorry I upset you buddy.
