My baby Ball Python Kaa died today......

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Originally Posted by Slyther83

Buy bulk frozen feeders online from RodentPro or somewhere comparable. I assume you weren't feeding live? I don't trust pet store feeders, dead or alive.

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He and his clutch were raised on live feed so I kept using that.

I have been doing some research and I actually think I got a mouse that was too big and he couldnt puke it back up....I looked at Rodent Pro and their hoppers were barely bigger than a quarter, and the mouse i fed my snake was labeled in the pet store as a hopper but was the size of a weanling. Being a novice they looked similar in size, I believe I am responsible for the death of my snake and this mistake wont ever happen again. The only problem is the small town I live in has a limited supply and the only way i can have an extensive pick of mice is driving about 30 miles away. Any solutions besides frozen mice? could I buy a fuzzy and feed it myself until it gets to the right size? or something along those lines

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Originally Posted by Slyther83

Interesting- I've never heard of that. Do you know what causes the blue lump to show?

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Yes I do. It has already been covered in this thread.

As for him not being able to vomit up the mouse - don't think that was the case either.

So I have thoroughly cleaned the tank, bark, rock, plastic tree, and half log. I plan on getting another bp next week. so if there were any bacteria its gone, and if there were mites they should die with about 10 days without a host, not even taking into consideration that i baked the bark and log and boiled the rock and plastic tree. I do also plan to use smaller mice (I think the size of the mouse I gave him may have been a factor to his death). Given all this should I expect my new snake to die from possibly bacteria, mite or size of mouse???
I cant come up with any other reason that he could have died. FYI my husbandry was just about perfect, temps, humidity, water, hides ect.