What do you feed your ball pythons?

I feed rats (or I will) and only rats

Actually HP, you do NOT feed rats as you do NOT own a snake to feed said rats to. Blanket statements outside the scope of one's experience are ill advised as well as possibly dangerous should you speak to a topic you are not experienced enough to be doing so and your advice taken as "gospel".

Now, what will you do HP should you have a snake that will not eat rats, some never do take to rats. Will you let the snake go hungry and lose condition due to a stubborn mind set. I suggest, and try to do so with kindness, that you ask pertinent questions about things you need to learn so that you can one day be the best owner you can be. You will note that it seems the more experienced breeders and owners rarely make "blanket" statements as most things are not exact with living creatures (other than basic husbandry), they have learned this by experience.

Some day you may come here with a question about multiple mouse feeding. I'd hate to have someone remind you of this thread.


~~Joanna~~

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Originally Posted by HelicopterPilot

I feed rats (or I will) and only rats

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WHY??? this site is here to discuss why we do certain things in the care of our wonderful ball pythons. I feed mice only for a certain reason....why do you plan to feed only rats?

everyone here is entitled to an opinion. We all know how bps are picky eaters like any caring pet owner if the bp wasnt eating rats i would hope they would seek help through an outside source ie. vet, www.ball-pythons.net, herp expert, etc.

You are right - everyone IS entitled to an opinion.

It IS however important to differentiate between a hypothetical opinion of a potential BP owner and the opinion of someone who has kept BPs for any appreciable amount of time.

(apologies if this is indeed what you meant lol - I am operating on a coffee deficit)

who voted other......and what do you feed? ha ha ha

Well, according to another thread, Jo's going to try mouse stuffed twinkies! ;)

to all statements related to me it is easier to feed rats for me. More available . If they don't eat it then I will try other stuff. I would never let my bp go hungry.sorry for all the noise and confusion

hey daniel
why do you feed your bps only mice??

Already answered that one. But here it goes again ;)

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

I feed mice because rats are hard to get around here and I breed my own mice. My bps do really well on multiple mice too. I could not ask for better feeders :)

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....like I said before, we are all here to get each others input. So, when you answer polls like these it is always good for all the members if a reason is given to explain why you do certain thing in the care of your animals. I try to do this in every post I make on this site. If everyone makes posts like that, alot of information will be shared and new inexperienced members(and even some experienced ones) will check the post and perhaps see all the reasons why they should care for their reptiles in a certain manner. So, that why instead of making a post just saying you use this substrate or feed this way or feed this item.....give a reason why you do the things you do so we can all learn from from one another :)

sorry for the ramble :)