Quote Originally Posted by Drako21 View Post
Looks like you have a lot of stuff to work on here. First off I would put them in 2 different cages. Snakes are solitary animals and do better by themselves. They don't need "friends" or anything. Secondly it looks like you have a stick on thermometer, which are bad and do not work for a snake cage. You need at least 2 digital ones with probes(1 for hot side and one for cool side). The cold side probe should be close to the ground, which is where the snake spends its time. The hot side probe should be under the substrate right on top of the heating pad. Speaking of, do you have a heat pad at all? Ball pythons need belly heat, not basking light heat. You'll also need to hook the heating pad up to a thermostat to regulate it or it will be too hot and burn the snake.

Another thing it looks like you need is a hygrometer to measure the tank humidity. Also each snake tank needs hot and cold hides(which you have right now in this tank, but you're forcing them to be in one that they may not want since both can't be in the same at one time) If you're keeping both in this one tank(which I highly do not recommend), I would get 2 more hides so they can choose where they need to be. Another thing is your substrate is too thick, especially for a heat pad to be effective. You need no more than 1/2" or less of it.

They should definitely be able to take some kind of rat at this point. You need to get a rat that is about equal to the biggest part of their body. You can feed them one large meal every couple weeks instead of all the small ones.
Well said

Quote Originally Posted by percypython14 View Post
My 13 month old ball python seemed to have struggled eating his last rat his head flopped on the bottom of the tank and I was worried alot, he finally swallowed it then he started to rub his head on the branch he has can anyone shed some light on it please thaaanks james
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