Good wieght?

[dmtrpt11988]

Hi

I have a female ball python that is close to 2 years old, about 3 feet or so and 600 grams. I feed her a rat between 10-14 days. Last summer she got tired of mice, and I thought since she was getting bigger, I'd thought I try a rat. Hasn't refused a rat yet. Should I be feeding her more often? I'm trying not to overfeed her but I am wondering if I am underfeeding her. It's not like she's bone skinny but she doesn't have extra fat. Thee temps to be about 85 on the warm side, 75 cool on average. humidity is about 50%, when she sheds I do extra misting.

Other than that future plans, I'm building 4 stacked cages, and I have a vivarium I'm working on. The cages are 4'x2' of various heights, one of them will be for her, another leopard geckos, 1 bearded dragon, and the fourth is to be determined. The Vivarium, will be for either frogs or some sort of gecko. And hopefully for grad school I can get a male ball python/raise him up and breed with my female. I'd like to breed my leopard geckos but I have another post in the breeding section. Anyways thanks for reading. I'll try to make threads soon for the cages and vivarium as I get more work done on them.

Doug

[DemmBalls]

I feed once a week. The prey should be about as thick as the snakes widest part of its body. If they refuse on a feeding day...wait until the next scheduled feeding (1 week from refusal). This has given me great results so far.

[Jay_Bunny]

i feed once a week. The prey should be about as thick as the snakes widest part of its body. If they refuse on a feeding day...wait until the next scheduled feeding (1 week from refusal). This has given me great results so far.

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[Delco Baller]

I just bought a female pinstripe off of a guy yesterday, she is about the same as yours. 2-2.5 years old, 3-3.5 feet long and weighs 998 grams. He said she was eating 2- 3 mice a week. I'm gonna try rats next week, maybe you should do the same? I'm not sure maybe someone with more know how can chime in but I would try small rats. I'm having heating issues myself...
Good luck with everything, hope it works out for you.
Jeff

[dmtrpt11988]

Thanks guys, yeah I feed 1 small rat every 10-14 days but I should be able to increase that to 7 days. She'll probably get bigger faster that way too.

[Paysons Bps]

Thanks guys, yeah I feed 1 small rat every 10-14 days but I should be able to increase that to 7 days. She'll probably get bigger faster that way too.

Feeding every 10-14 days is fine. Unless your trying to fatten up your ball python for breeding season there is no need to feed weekly. You might want to raise your hot spot temp jussssttttt a tad.

Good luck!

-Payson!