Quote Originally Posted by jfmoore View Post
One less facetious suggestion:

At some point you'll probably want to switch your snake over to rats. It's just less expensive (and easier) to feed one large food item than a bunch of smaller ones. Since most ball pythons in captivity more readily eat mice than rats, you might want to save one or two of your mice in the freezer. If your snake proves difficult to switch over initially, you could use the mice to scent the rats.
Joan makes a very good point. I do recommend you save a few... don't own any balls and would've never crossed my mind.