Feeding...?

[Mischievous_Purple_1]

I'm extremely low on funding (like, flat broke) and it's gotten to where I can't get appropriately sized mice on a consistent basis. I have a friend who raises his own and will give them to me fairly cheap (25 cents a mouse!), but I can't get out to his place very often so I usually buy in bulk and freeze it all, only I haven't been able to do so lately. Every pet store I've been to nearby has mice too large for my ball, and it's a bit too expensive for my budget to keep getting them every week- the last place I bought was around $5 for 4 mice. My mother looked up a few things and found something that said we could use a mixture of meats and make our own 'mice' to feed my Ball with. Is this a good idea, and if so, what kinds of meats should I use and how should I prepare them?

[Skittles1101]

Noooo no no no. Absolutely not. Ball pythons (and most snakes in general) should be on a steady rodent diet. Some people will feed chicks or rabbits and such, but a "meat mixture" is not an appropriate diet for a snake. They digest and need more than just the "meat" anyways!

Basically, if you can't afford to properly feed and care for your snake than you should find someone who can.

[Flikky]

Snakes digest every part of their meal- stomach contents, bones etc. and that can't be replicated with random meats. So no

[Mike41793]

Absolutely not a good idea.

[Mischievous_Purple_1]

Thanks for the info. I'll bite the bullet and go get mice then.

[Skittles1101]

Thanks for the info. I'll bite the bullet and go get mice then.

Have you considered buying a small colony of mice or rats and breeding them yourself? I buy a huge 50 lb bag of rat block that lasts FOREVER for dirt cheap....you'd spend a lot less money doing that with a small colony...