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Beautiful little baby!

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She has eaten 2 hoppers since getting her, and has grown 20g. This lighting makes her look pink which is odd but she is pure.

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Welp, today was a big day for Belle! She took her first pre killed mouse! She actually took two of them! Here she is with her first one! Lol
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Sorry, it’s not a great picture. The room was dark so I used the flash. Im so excited tho! Last week she got bit, so I was antsy to at least get her on ore killed. I’m thinking thawed won’t be an issue now. But who knows with ball pythons lol.


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Awesome! F/T shouldn't be a problem now as long as you heat it up nice and good *knock on wood* lol I'm glad you were able to get her off of live at least ^-^ F/T is just a bit safer and easier when you have less animals IMO

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She already has 2 small scratch marks and a bite mark on her from eating hopper mice. I was really scared of giving her anything bigger with larger teeth and a stronger bite. I hope she continues tanking at least pre killed food! I believe she is going into shed soon. I will try and get some good pictures of her after she sheds. Unfortunately I dont have a nice camera. Just an iphone lol.

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She already has 2 small scratch marks and a bite mark on her from eating hopper mice. I was really scared of giving her anything bigger with larger teeth and a stronger bite. I hope she continues tanking at least pre killed food! I believe she is going into shed soon. I will try and get some good pictures of her after she sheds. Unfortunately I dont have a nice camera. Just an iphone lol.

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I know I am in the minority here, but a few small scratches and a little bite from her prey is not a big deal. Pythons have evolved ARMORED SCALES for MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of years of killing live rodents and sometimes getting injured or even killed by their prey. Obviously we want our snakes to be healthy and unharmed, but your snake will adapt to the battles and most likely prevail against live prey! That being said, I feed frozen/thawed now... :oops: (hypocrite police sirens in the background):oops:

Yeah, she didn't even flinch at getting bit. However, I don't enjoy seeing marks on her. I want her to be a perfectly white snake without battle scars lol. She was the first snake I got to see eat live food. It was an interesting experience, but I am much happier at the thought of not having to worry about any more battle scars.

Today I had to clean Belles tank because she poops. Turns out she is in blue! It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but her eyes are cloudy. I tried to get some better pictures of her, but she didn’t wanna stay still. She was nervous and wanted to hide. I did get a really interesting picture of her belly where I believe her egg yolk was attached. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...893d47aad6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...639f2573de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9141b4226a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ede3e277cc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2e676eb6c4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0d8b004ecd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7d01b82df8.jpg


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You've got a beautiful girl... congrats on the purchase!

Thanks for sharing! I always wondered what a Bel looked like in shed!

She really doesn't look much different other than her eyes being cloudy. I will keep an eye on her and get more pictures if anything changes tho! I find it interesting that she weighs more at 2 months old than stitch did at 4 months old lol.

There is finally an update on Belle! We have been leaving her completely alone trying to get her to take thawed food. We finally got her to where she will eat thawed mice if left in the tub over night. She has eaten thawed 2 weeks in a row. Next step is getting her onto rats. I didn’t get any good pictures of her because she didn’t wanna cooperate. I did get an updated weight on her. It’s a little high because she has a sausage butt. So she will loose a few g when she passed that lol.
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Sounds promising !! Congrats !


( Have you tried the hairdryer method for warming the mouse /rat before offering ?? )


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