7-8 fuzzies a week? :shock: What's your feeding schedule? You don't feed him everyday do you? Just one equal sized prey a week is good. Sounds like you're overfeeding. Ball pythons are very opportunistic. If you offer them food, they may take it even if they've already eaten and should be good. So yeah if you're going through like 8 mice a week, then up the prey size, or just feed him once a week. Set a day to feed every week, like friday. And then every friday, feed them a rodent the same size or a little bigger than the thickest part of his body.

Oh, and yeah it's okay for your bp's to dive in their water. They know what they're doing.

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