Thoughts

[Carrie Beth]

If fed right absolutely 4 to 6 weeks is the norm the issue is that most people underfeed hatchlings and overfeed adults. Hatchlings are programmed to be voracious eat and grow fast.

When you mean large fuzzy you mean mice or rats?

For now, it's mice. I was very limited in what I could get because he was still on live. I got him to eat a F/T last week. At the end of the month, when I go to my herp meeting in Clearwater (I live two hours away,) I will get some high-quality rat pups for him and my sand boa (who is also being trained to eat F/T.) to last me until the February meeting.

Right now he is opaque, so he had no interest in eating. This weekend he will be getting a humid hide and I may place damp towels in there to raise the humidity. His water bowl, to quote my Mom, is really a swimming pool, and he as been soaking in it today.

When you mean hatchlings aren't fed enough, how much should he be getting fed? I feed him once a week - the biggest that Pet Supermarket (I hate that store) has.

Geez, you would think this was my first ball python. My 12-year-old passed away in July and I got him when he was four months old, so I know about humidity, temperatures, etc. And as cute as Earnie's little cinnanon on his bum is, it does concern me.