15 month old ball

http://www.ottomus.com/images/snake.JPG you can also watch a video of him eating at http://members.aol.com/oge390/mouse.wmv

LOL im sorry but i LOVE the kill bill music in the background, hehe may he always be heathly!!!!

Nice video,couldent hear the music tho :(

That snake looks like it could eat a prey item at least three times bigger than that though, def way to small.

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Originally Posted by Brandon.O

That snake looks like it could eat a prey item at least three times bigger than that though, def way to small.

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I would have to respectfully disagree. In my experience, ball pythons are much more consistent eaters when fed smaller food items. Some of the "my ball python won't eat" problems you hear about can be linked to the owner feeding them way bigger meals than they actually need.

I feed my adult ball pythons nothing larger than a small rat. Even my females that are 5+ feet and as thick around as footballs will only get a small rat.

If after the first small they are looking for more, I'll give them a second. But that's about it.

And all of my ball pythons eat for me every time they are offered food. Go figure! :D

-adam

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In my experience, ball pythons are much more consistent eaters when fed smaller food items. Some of the "my ball python won't eat" problems you hear about can be linked to the owner feeding them way bigger meals than they actually need.

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Yeah, i agree.

But in the video it just looked so small compared to the snake. :?

Adam so would it be ok if i feed my python adult white mice till they are almost full grown. I ask this becaues at this time she is feeding live and i will ont allow her to go against a rat and i can't bring myself to smack it on th head before giveing to the snake

Buy some frozen rats then!

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Originally Posted by DrEwTiMe

Adam so would it be ok if i feed my python adult white mice till they are almost full grown. I ask this becaues at this time she is feeding live and i will ont allow her to go against a rat and i can't bring myself to smack it on th head before giveing to the snake

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She'll do very well on the adult mice for her entire life. You might try offering her a second (or even third) if she is still looking for food after feeding.

Don't be afraid to try a live small rat (supervised of course). I have found that adult mice can be much more aggressive than small rats. I am very confident that if you are feeding her in her enclosure with a hide box available to her that you will not have a problem. If she doesn't take the rat after about 20 mins, just take it out. You should know right away if she is interested or not.

-adam

i am feeding him full size mice now, i just got him a small one there

he is eating ones like in the picture

I really hope that that other video on your website is not of you doing somethign really stupid!
http://members.aol.com/oge390/break.wmv

Uh yeah, what's up with that?

the first strike on the mouse in the video makes it look like ur bp thinks hes venomous

taping your self wreaking a house... thats straight outta worlds dumbest criminals.

And he even says the adress! I just hope that that is just some random video he downloaded from some website, but due to the fact that the editing is very similar to the snake video I have a feeling its him. Thats the kinda stupid **** you see on the news all the time.

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She'll do very well on the adult mice for her entire life. You might try offering her a second (or even third) if she is still looking for food after feeding.

Don't be afraid to try a live small rat (supervised of course). I have found that adult mice can be much more aggressive than small rats. I am very confident that if you are feeding her in her enclosure with a hide box available to her that you will not have a problem. If she doesn't take the rat after about 20 mins, just take it out. You should know right away if she is interested or not.

-adam

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Thanks for the info adam, how do i konw if if after she eats the first mouse if she is in the mood for another. I fugured that after she goes through swallowing and all that she wouldn't wnat anything to do with even seeing another mouse. And also i do not feed her right in the tank i have a seperate eating box for her so that she does not associate me putting my hand in her tank with food.
That is very interesting about rat pups being less aggessive, i always was under the impression the rats are petty damn tough.

i just noticed this from the pic you postin in the first post. by where the mouth is it looks liek the mouse may have gotten a bit off on the snake. Did you check to see this didn't happen?

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That is very interesting about rat pups being less aggessive, i always was under the impression the rats are petty darn tough.

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Rat pups are too young to do much if any harm. :) As far as rats being more mean than mice, I'm not sure about that. I have no experience with feeding live. :)

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Thanks for the info adam, how do i konw if if after she eats the first mouse if she is in the mood for another. I fugured that after she goes through swallowing and all that she wouldn't wnat anything to do with even seeing another mouse.

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Put another mouse in with her and see if she'll eat it. If she doesn't take it in the first 10-15 minutes, she probably isn't interested. I have some adult girls that will only take mice and when I'm getting them back up to weight from egg laying, sometimes they'll eat 8 - 10 mice at a feeding!

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And also i do not feed her right in the tank i have a seperate eating box for her so that she does not associate me putting my hand in her tank with food.

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There's nothing wrong with using a seperate enclosure, but it's really a myth that snakes learn to associate your hand with food. As long as you are cleaning the tank and handling her regularly, they will figure out the difference between your hand and a rodent.

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That is very interesting about rat pups being less aggessive, i always was under the impression the rats are petty darn tough.

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Some of the big jumbo rats can be nasty, but I don't feed my ball pythons anything bigger than smalls. Mice on the other hand can be super aggressive!

-adam