Yay he ate :)

[keegen456]

So we got a ball python at the Reptile convention last weekend. We brought him home and put him in his tank and left him alone. I fed him today and he ate a mouse hopper then still seemed really hungry so I fed him a small mouse fuzzy as well. I weighed him before feeding and he weighs 64 grams and is 17 inches long. are hoppers ok for his size? I am trying to find someplace that sells rat fuzzies and pups.

[Vypyrz]

So we got a ball python at the Reptile convention last weekend. We brought him home and put him in his tank and left him alone. I fed him today and he ate a mouse hopper then still seemed really hungry so I fed him a small mouse fuzzy as well. I weighed him before feeding and he weighs 64 grams and is 17 inches long. are hoppers ok for his size? I am trying to find someplace that sells rat fuzzies and pups.

Congratulations! And yes, small mouse hoppers or medium rat pinks should be fine.

[kitedemon]

Typically many believe that feeding 10% - 15% of the snakes weight is a correct amount since you have a scale it makes things easier. I am sure that if you do some digging you will find either a feeder rodent breeder locally or a store or person whom orders large orders and breaks them down.

[Reakt20]

Yep!

All my snakes (I didn't breed them but have their feeding charts) started off on either rat fuzzies or mice hoppers. They all graduated to rat pups/adult mice (depending on which store I went to and availability at the time) after a month or so. Then came 2 pups a serving..I was about to switch my super pastel and bumblebee to small rats, but now have plans to start an ASF colony in the next couple weeks, thanks to a friend hooking me up with a breeder from our local herp society.