Some Questions

[BP Newbie]

Just a quick list of things I would like to know.

How can you tell how old your python is? (I think it's 1-2 months old, but I'm not sure.)

Where is a good place to purchase feeders?

If my bp is 1-2 months old, how much should she weigh? (I think she might be a bit malnourished she had quite a bit of loose skin when I got her.)

Mice or Rats? (what's the difference besides size?)

[satomi325]

How can you tell how old your python is? (I think it's 1-2 months old, but I'm not sure.)

You can only estimate. There is no set size to age average. All snakes grow at different rates based on sex, size of prey, feeding habits, etc etc.
If it's under 100 grams, you can probably safely say it's 1 or 2 months old.
But after that, its more difficult to tell. I have a year old male who's extremely small. He's a really picky eater so he's only around 300 grams. And I have a 8 month old female who is 900 g.

Where is a good place to purchase feeders?

Reptile store or online if you want frozen.
Looking on craigslist for local feeder breeders is good too.

If my bp is 1-2 months old, how much should she weigh? (I think she might be a bit malnourished she had quite a bit of loose skin when I got her.)

Between 50-150 grams depending on her hatch weight. But that's just a ball park figure for a 1-2 month olds.
Your snake should feel well muscled and 'full' feeling. Loose skin could be underweight or an upcoming shed.

Mice or Rats? (what's the difference besides size?)

Rats. The only difference is that it's more convenient to feed a single rat than multiple mice once the snake outgrows adult mice. Balls can start feeding on rats right out of the egg. (Plus mice have a terrible odor)
Other than that, mice and rats have almost identical nutritional values.

[RestlessRobie]

There is no accurate way to tell how old you BP is they all grow differently. As for what to feed I would recomend rats as soon as you can get them to eat them. I start all my snakes on rat pup's or fuzzie's. The reasoning for this is because when they get full grown feeding 3-4 mice at a time is a pain. I have one rescue mouser who refuses to switch and it drives me nuts. I feed all my snakes by weight I find a prey item 10-15% of thier body weight and feed them that item. Here is a chart to give you an idea of what each prey item weighs.

MICE

Sm. Pink 1-2 grams
Lg. Pink 2-4 grams
Peach Fuzz 4-6 grams
Fuzzies 5-8 grams
Hoppers 8-12 grams
Sm. Mice 11-16 grams
Med. Mice 15-24 grams
Lg. Mice 24-28 grams
XLg. Mice 30 grams+

Rats:
Rat Sm. Pink 3-8 grams
Rat Lg. Pink 5-12 grams
Rat Fuzzies 10-20 grams
Rat Pup 20-30 grams
Rat Wean 30-45 grams
Rat Sm. 40-80 grams
Rat Med. 80-150 grams
Rat Lg. 140-200 grams
Rat XLg. 190-250 grams

Hope this helps

Dang Nikki beat me to it
Robbie

[hypnotixdmp]

Ok, the real way to know ur bps age is to have hatched it itself or the person who did hatch it tell u about it.

The bed place to get feeders IMO is a local breeder of snakes or just rodents. My snake breeder also breeds rodents, so it's easy for me to get a new snake and then get a bunch of rodents Ali g with it. Try posting on Craig's list to see if you can find someone who locally breeds rodents.

Last answer a bought weight, every bp is different, heck I'll go as far as to say every snake is different. I would say a baby like that should be anywhere from 95-115 grams as my 1/2 month old was a little over 100. But, to be honest, it could weigh pretty much anywhere around that, give or take a few grams. As long as it doesn't have a "triangular shaped body" it's healthy, and babies may appear to have that shape but once they start to fatten up it should go away!!!


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[BP Newbie]

Thanks, my bp only weighs 50g but when I bought her from a the pet store, they said she hadn't eaten in a month. I fed her the next day and then a gain a few days later with no problems. I think they just didn't take very good care of her If she hadn't eaten in a month wouldn't that mean she never ate if she's only about a month and a half old?

[kitedemon]

Sadly this is often the case. Even well meaning stores the enclosures are species specific generally just generic and that is not always good enough. Good going on getting your fed this demonstrates that your enclosure is correct.