My new Blood

[longviewbplover]

I got my first blood a little over a week ago. Came with his feed card and shows to be eating every 7 days. Hes very docile and a pleasure to hold. I fed him last nite and when I got him out of his tank sounded like he hissed at me. lol Once he was in the feeding tub he was all over the month old rat. He dont play around with his food
Heres a few pics of him.
Not really sure yet if its a m or f, but its name is Tanner so it fits both ways lol

[Laooda]

Very pretty! Looks like he/she has some great yellows goin' on !

[crisstyle21]

Wow very beautiful. I hope your prepared to start feeding that blood small rabbits. I have a borneo I know what you mean about the aggressiveness when feeding. Those things strike like a gaboon viper. You got lucky having a tame snake. My girl is so mean I have to wear gloves. Shes always hissing real oud. But I love her aggression makes her look like a tuff girl

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I hope your prepared to start feeding that blood small rabbits.

Just like with Ball Pythons, Blood Pythons do not need big preys.

Big prey can easily make a Blood obese, a medium rat ever 10 days is sufficient for an adult.


Oh and longviewbplover, great looking new addition

[crisstyle21]

Just like with Ball Pythons, Blood Pythons do not need big preys.

Big prey can easily make a Blood obese, a medium rat ever 10 days is sufficient for an adult.


Oh and longviewbplover, great looking new addition

M

Your gonna feed this adult a medium rat? And this is just a borneo. Bloods get much larger

[lillyorchid]

I hope your prepared to start feeding that blood small rabbits.

Bloods do not need to eat a small rabbits. They can do just fine on a nice sized rat once every other week. Bloods are known to be "fat" snakes and they sure do pack on the pounds. A fat snake IS NOT a healthy snake and can cause many health problems down the road.

Someone around here posted a youtube video of someone feeding their blood a rabbit. The snake was pretty small and yeah I think everyone agreed that was not a good move of that snakes owner to be doing that.

I'm happy to say since I've had my baby blood, he has been a total sweet heart. Love's his food, has never hissed or even acted like he was threatened and wanted to defend himself.

That is a very nice looking blood Longview. He probably hissed because he is in a new and different place, scared and stressed. Give him a week or two to settle in then handle him a few times a week. He'll calm down.


EDIT:
Here is the link to the person feeding their little blood a rabbit.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=rabbit+blood

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Again smaller prey is better, unless of course you want an obese Blood.

Because a snake can take a big prey does not mean he needs a big prey.

I know that Kara feeds her large adult Bloods, medium rats once every 10 days or so.

[crisstyle21]

Bloods do not need to eat a small rabbits. They can do just fine on a nice sized rat once every other week. Bloods are known to be "fat" snakes and they sure do pack on the pounds. A fat snake IS NOT a healthy snake and can cause many health problems down the road.

Someone around here posted a youtube video of someone feeding their blood a rabbit. The snake was pretty small and yeah I think everyone agreed that was not a good move of that snakes owner to be doing that.

I'm happy to say since I've had my baby blood, he has been a total sweet heart. Love's his food, has never hissed or even acted like he was threatened and wanted to defend himself.

That is a very nice looking blood Longview. He probably hissed because he is in a new and different place, scared and stressed. Give him a week or two to settle in then handle him a few times a week. He'll calm down.


EDIT:
Here is the link to the person feeding their little blood a rabbit.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=rabbit+blood

Alright that video is not what I was looking for, The dummy gave that blood a huge rabbit bigger than the snake. Breeders and I say your suppose to feed the snake on the girth of the body. Now Im sure an adult blood python doesnt have a 2" girth. I understand what everyones saying about obesity but if you feed an adult a large prey item every week of course there gonna get obese. One nice sized prey item should be given every 2 weeks for a big adult.

[JLC]

What a beautiful snake you have there! Congrats!!!

[Shelby]

My bloods are the size of that Borneo, they eat medium to large rats. Obesity is very prevalent in these species.. overfeeding is common. Rabbits are overkill for a blood, and that's what Kara told me.. anyone want to dispute her on bloods? lol

longviewbplover - your baby is VERY cute. Good luck with him they are FUN snakes.