Quote Originally Posted by Moofins07 View Post
I have a young ball python (yet to be sexed, but I'm 80% on it being a male) and I was just wanting to make sure he's at a healthy weight. I can't take any decent pictures right now, but he's 3 months old, approximately 15-16 inches long, and he looks to be about one inch thick at the widest point of girth.

Does this sound fat enough? He's one day away from feeding, and now that I look at the hopper we bought today, it seems so tiny. He absolutely refuses to eat anything f/t, sadly. Should I go ahead and feed him one day early, and continue to do so until he gains some weight?

Any thoughts and suggestions would be so, so helpful. I just want to make my little serpent as happy as possible. Thank you!


(Edit): I just remembered that I do have a ton of pictures of him on my Facebook, so I'll add those now.


That little ball looks quite healthy. I'd feed him once a week whatever he will take. They need feeding at this age as they are growing quite quickly. Once he hits about 800g or so I'd go onto a 10-14 days schedule with him.

Avoid the temptation to overfeed, packing on loads of weight in a short space of time may build up excess fat which may effect his health a few years down the line.