feeding advice

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Originally Posted by stinker2009

Oh and also on size to feed...I'm a noob and literally brought my scale to the pet store and was weighing mice until I found one that was 14% of the body weight of my bp. I didn't wanna go with guessing cause the first time I did that I grabbed a rat that was almost 30% of her bodyweight! lol Whoop for returns!

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I always take my scale to the pet store to weigh out my F/T's. Apparently, I'm the only one here that does it, because the salespeople always seem amazed...

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Apparently, I'm the only one here that does it, because the salespeople always seem amazed...

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That's why I figured I was lame!!! lol The lady just kinda looked at me and laughed.

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Originally Posted by AcousticHoney

Would you advise to feed your ball python two mice?

And if so, what sizes? My bf and I fed our baby two hoppers,
someone who has had ball pythons for a while said that if
he is still hungry that he will go for the second one... and he did :)

But I was wondering if that is healthy for him?
Is it possible for them to become overweight?

We bought him as a juvenile from the pet shop,
fed him a pinky the first week (two days after we got him
since the pet shop told us when he last fed), then a hopper the next,
and did two hoppers the following week.
This Friday will be his third feeding from us.

The first hopper we bought him was a bit smaller than
the thickest part of his body, that's why we decided to buy two
but I think these 2 hoppers were at the end of their "hopper" stage.


I just joined the forum and will post pics on my profile,
I would now but I'm at work...

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Lots of people feed more than one mouse a feeding. Mine is about 2 and a half months old and she is past the hopper stage. It really depends on the store though. I went one place and I swear the hoppers were massive! Then the next they were about half that size. If your bp can handle the extra small mouse then go for it but it is definitely possible for them to become overweight. It would be much easier to say what too much is if you had a picture so be sure to get some up tonight and I'm sure people will give you some good advice.

Over feeding can be done and is done by some to hurry up the size of their snake to bredding stage.

I have read in some BP and snake books that over feeding your snake to make them grow faster can shorten their overall life span. I am not sure if it is really true or not.