I have three ball pythons and would really like more variety. I am thinking of selling my two adult balls and getting a Dum. I will keep my young ball as he was my first snake and my daughter is very attatched to him.

I ask the question because I hear Balls don't like to eat in the winter months due to a semi hybernation state they go through. I wouldn't mind it but I won't house rats cause they are a pain in the butt and I have to drive 30 miles to my friends reptile store to feed them there. If they don't eat, no big deal, I'm not out any money. Right now they haven't eaten for 6 weeks, which I've heard isn't all that uncommon for adults. I know some will say the drive could be stressing out the snakes, but in the summer they eat every week when I take them to my friends store. He even said non of his Balls for sale are eating either.

My Red Tail is an eating machine! She'd eat 4 rat pups if I would let her.

Wow...I guess I got a little of track there..anyway, I love the look of the dumeril and want to know if they eat like other Boa's!

Sorry for the excesivly long post