Fed my one year and three month old ball python, Captain Hook, her first F/T rat ever and her first F/T rodent in two months last night. She ate it fine, took it right away after a few moments of getting the scent. Went down fine, actually the fastest she's eaten in a month. The reason for this is that the rat's entrails burst out just before she got the whole thing down. It went down fine just like normal but the entrails were hanging out of her mouth and looked very uncomfortable. I removed the entrails and proceeded to thoroughly rinse her mouth. The only thing that I did differently is that I thawed the rat for a couple hours so it was mostly thawed. Obviously I put it in the water for a much shorter time than I normally would. I have had some entrails come out while thawing but never while she's eating. I know that ball pythons have natural antibiotics in their saliva, but I have some antibiotics left from when she broke her jaw. Should I use it?
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