New to ball pythons

[Kaskadian]

Welcome!
What a cutie you have there.


Feeding live is OK if done responsibly.
You'll find that most of us here feed live.

And since you have little guys, feeding live baby rats should be no issue. They're harmless. Its the adult rats you have to keep an eye out for.
Try feeding live a few times and see if they'll eat if your husbandry is on oar. Once they become more consistent eaters, then try the f/t.

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Thanks very much for the comments and advice!

I picked up a live mouse (a bit small, but a test since they just rejected food yesterday), and will give that a try tonight. If they seem to respond better to live food than I'll make the switch. I'm doing some research now on the best methods to feeding live. I've always fed F/T mice/rats/guinea pigs/rabbits with my Burmese, so this is a new process for me. I'm a bit nervous about the mouse chomping down on my snake, so I'll be there to monitor the process with a chopstick ready to put in the mouse's mouth.

Cheers,
Patrick