Any luck feeding a ball python something other than rodents?

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Just to clarify on my last post: moments ago I spoke with my local snake shop in depth over the phone and the guy told me about their frozen chicken supply, and that chicks ARE addictive in the same way gerbils are. On a positive note, they are so much cheaper than anything else in my area. A mouse is a few dollars; a rat is 5+ dollars depending on size; and a gerbil is like 15 bucks. For $1.25/frozen chick I can feed my python twice as much as I normally do. For my snake, estimates seem to be that 2 chicks would be the same as a small rat. $5 of frozen chicks and I can get my snake faaat lol.

There's a lot of problems here and you should take a step back and re-evaluate.

-I don't understand your price comparisons. You can order frozen rats for $1.25 also...just check out any one of the hundreds of frozen rodent suppliers.

-Chicks are not cleaner then rats. I breed rats and I breed chickens. My chickens are free range and still get fairly dirty. Chickens from a factory are cesspools of decay.

-Finally, we know ball pythons can survive in captivity on a diet of rats or mice and thrive. While they do eat birds in the wild, birds make up just a fraction of their varied diet. You have absolutely no idea if they can thrive on a diet of solely chicks. I'm guessing they won't and this isn't a good idea.

Getting your snake fat is not a good idea either. Work on steady body gain now with appropriate feedings of rats or mice and you'll have a healthy snake.