Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 2,997

4 members and 2,993 guests
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,031
Threads: 248,489
Posts: 2,568,442
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, isismomma
Results 1 to 9 of 9
  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-25-2020
    Posts
    31
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts

    Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    I've had my Ball, Lucie, for about 2 months now. During that time she's eaten nearly ever week. The only times she hasn't has been the very first week that we had her, and the other was when she was in shed. Other than that, no problems. She's been eating F/T fuzzy rats. When I got her from the breeder he had said she was eating live fuzzies, but should take to frozen with little to no issue, and she has.
    I last fed her 3 days ago (Friday the 17th). However in the days leading up to being fed and everyday since, she's been pretty lethargic. I just assumed that it had to due with her having just ate. Also, been having trouble with humidity here very recently. Nothing drastic, just been having trouble getting humidity to stay up, kinda out of nowhere. Didn't used to have this problem. Anyway, on top of being lethargic, when I reached in her cage earlier today to refresh her water and she snapped at me. Something she's never done before. Like I said, she JUST ate. So I'll if she's uncomfortable due with the problem with the humidity or if she's still hungry.

    If she's still hungry, can I feed he two fuzzies or move up to a small rat?

  2. #2
    BPnet Veteran RickyNY's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-11-2017
    Location
    Buffalo, NY
    Posts
    1,448
    Thanks
    1,325
    Thanked 1,335 Times in 775 Posts
    Images: 7
    You need to weigh Lucie, then follow this:

    [IMG][/IMG]
    1.0 Freddy -Python Regius
    1.0
    Darby -Boa Imperator
    1.0
    Kenny -Morelia Bredli
    0.1
    La Reina -Lampropeltis Californiae
    1.0 Luciano -Drymarchon Melanurus Unicolor
    0.1 Macarena -Heterodon Nasicus Nasicus
    1.0 Hugo -Morelia Spilota Mcdowelli


    Morelia Mafia For Life

  3. The Following User Says Thank You to RickyNY For This Useful Post:

    vivi (04-20-2020)

  4. #3
    Registered User vivi's Avatar
    Join Date
    03-21-2020
    Location
    In a swamp.
    Posts
    294
    Thanks
    569
    Thanked 170 Times in 121 Posts
    Fuzzies,whether they are mice fuzzies or rat fuzzies, are too small for a BP. Follow the feeding guidelines above.
    Last edited by vivi; 04-20-2020 at 10:09 AM.
    vivi

  5. #4
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-25-2020
    Posts
    31
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts

    Re: Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    Quote Originally Posted by vivi View Post
    Fuzzies,whether they are mice fuzzies or rat fuzzies, are too small for a BP. Follow the feeding guidelines above.
    I'm feeding her rat fuzzies because that's what the breeder had been feeding her and had told me to keep feeding her. Also the feeding guidelines above, that you're telling me to follow, recommend fuzzy rats for ball pythons up to 200 grams???

  6. The Following User Says Thank You to Jakemh91 For This Useful Post:

    vivi (04-20-2020)

  7. #5
    Registered User vivi's Avatar
    Join Date
    03-21-2020
    Location
    In a swamp.
    Posts
    294
    Thanks
    569
    Thanked 170 Times in 121 Posts

    Re: Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jakemh91 View Post
    I'm feeding her rat fuzzies because that's what the breeder had been feeding her and had told me to keep feeding her. Also the feeding guidelines above, that you're telling me to follow, recommend fuzzy rats for ball pythons up to 200 grams???
    I stand corrected. Any idea what her weight is? Instead of feeding more than one prey item I would just move up a prey size.
    Last edited by vivi; 04-20-2020 at 12:46 PM.
    vivi

  8. #6
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-25-2020
    Posts
    31
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts

    Re: Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    I just weighed her and several of the fuzzy rats.
    She's at 210 grams. Putting her just over the line to needing to eat rat pups rather than fuzzies. But when weighing the fuzzies that I have (I have a bag of roughly 20), they all seemed to weigh between 10g-15g. The recommended size for rat pups (according the above chart) is 20g-29g.
    So my question is this, would it be better to go out and buy rat pups, or could I offer her two fuzzies and be fine?

  9. #7
    BPnet Veteran RickyNY's Avatar
    Join Date
    07-11-2017
    Location
    Buffalo, NY
    Posts
    1,448
    Thanks
    1,325
    Thanked 1,335 Times in 775 Posts
    Images: 7
    Sure, finish up your supply of fuzzy rats by feeding two. Then go to a single rat pup per feeding until she's 350 grams and then you start feeding weaned rats, etc. You get the point
    1.0 Freddy -Python Regius
    1.0
    Darby -Boa Imperator
    1.0
    Kenny -Morelia Bredli
    0.1
    La Reina -Lampropeltis Californiae
    1.0 Luciano -Drymarchon Melanurus Unicolor
    0.1 Macarena -Heterodon Nasicus Nasicus
    1.0 Hugo -Morelia Spilota Mcdowelli


    Morelia Mafia For Life

  10. The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to RickyNY For This Useful Post:

    EL-Ziggy (04-20-2020),Jakemh91 (04-20-2020),vivi (04-20-2020)

  11. #8
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-25-2020
    Posts
    31
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts

    Re: Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    How should I go about feeding her two? Should I wait for her to finish eating one, then offer the second. Or put both of them in at the same time? To get her to eat I usually have to do the "zombie dance" to get her to take it.

  12. #9
    BPnet Lifer EL-Ziggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-05-2014
    Location
    GA
    Posts
    4,190
    Thanks
    5,014
    Thanked 5,484 Times in 2,683 Posts

    Re: Should I feed more food or larger prey.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jakemh91 View Post
    How should I go about feeding her two? Should I wait for her to finish eating one, then offer the second. Or put both of them in at the same time? To get her to eat I usually have to do the "zombie dance" to get her to take it.
    For my snakes that take their food from tongs I wait until they've finished one prey item and then I offer the 2nd one. For my snakes that drop feed I just leave both prey items in their enclosure.
    3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
    1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
    1.0 BI, 0.1 BCO

  13. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to EL-Ziggy For This Useful Post:

    Craiga 01453 (04-20-2020),RickyNY (04-20-2020)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1