Hello, I am not a snake owner but I have been keeping a ball python at my house for a friend for almost a year now. He usually comes by whenever I tell him the snake is moving around a lot and he brings a rat and feeds him. Well the snake keeps moving around and looking up to the top of the tank (like he's waiting for a mouse) but my friend is in jail for at least the next 21 days for not paying child support. My question is, is there anything I can feed him in the mean time, besides a rodent? I asked his brother and he says to just leave the snake alone he will be fine with out food. I don't feel comfortable handling a rodent because I'm 6 months pregnant and my husband is TERRIFIED of the snake and won't go near it.

Can I give him fish or chicken? Or will he be okay for a few weeks? I don't know much about snakes at all. I don't want him to starve to death he looks so hungry.