It wasn't as small as it seems. It was 2 times the largest part of the head. It probably was a rat, I didn't really pay much attention.

Nevertheless, I know it's better to feed 2 medium sized preys than a large one, because the snake can draw more nutrients from the 2 smaller ones than from the large one. That's how I keep my nigrita, I feem him 2 medium sized rodents; there for, I don't want to give him a monster rodent ahahah.

I will, however, make some tests on the size, as I can't really make many decisions based on the first time feed, I will give him another one, similar size in 3 days according to the schedule, and I'll take some pictures and post them so you can see.


Speaking of humidity, I just checked, she was all wet, not inside the water bowl, but all wet, so I'm guessing she soaked at some point last night.

I see in the pictures you are using paper towels littleindiangirl, looks cleaner than newspaper to be honest. Initially, I had prepared the ball's terrarium with newspaper, like I did with the nigrita, because he is a very skilled hider ahaha, so he managed to hide pretty damn well between the layers of the newspaper. And I was expecting the ball python to be much thinner.

I'll give it a try with paper towels when I clean the terrarium in a few days.

PD: Love the pattern on your ball .