I recently purchased a baby ball python from a breeder in my area. She hatched May 11th and was 81 grams when she got home. A few days after I got her I offered her a fuzzy rat which she didn't even acknowledge as prey. A few days later I got her a mouse hopper which she took quite well. I noticed it didn't really make a bump in her tummy but it could have just been a small hopper, I didn't weigh it.

After some looking around online I am planning on keeping her on hoppers till she is around 100 grams then switching to rat pups. My main concern is getting her feeding reliably before I try to make the switch. Does this sound like the best plan? Once she is reliably taking rat pups I will switch her to f/t rat pups from there. Someone else on here suggested going ahead and trying to get her to take a small adult mouse? Is this too large?

I also considered getting both a rat fuzzy and a hopper today and keeping them in the same container on the way home to 'scent' the fuzzy. My adult bp will gladly take care of whatever she doesn't eat.

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