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For now, it's mice. I was very limited in what I could get because he was still on live. I got him to eat a F/T last week. At the end of the month, when I go to my herp meeting in Clearwater (I live two hours away,) I will get some high-quality rat pups for him and my sand boa (who is also being trained to eat F/T.) to last me until the February meeting.

Right now he is opaque, so he had no interest in eating. This weekend he will be getting a humid hide and I may place damp towels in there to raise the humidity. His water bowl, to quote my Mom, is really a swimming pool, and he as been soaking in it today.

When you mean hatchlings aren't fed enough, how much should he be getting fed? I feed him once a week - the biggest that Pet Supermarket (I hate that store) has.

Geez, you would think this was my first ball python. My 12-year-old passed away in July and I got him when he was four months old, so I know about humidity, temperatures, etc. And as cute as Earnie's little cinnanon on his bum is, it does concern me.

Hatchlings metabolize their food at a faster rate and can be fed more often. You could easily go every 5 days provided they have the proper heat to aid in digestion. As far as adults being overfed, it the opposite of hatchlings. They don't need as much to maintain and a lot of keepers power feed for faster weight gain. Usually to get them up to breeding weight. You see a lot of pictures where snakes are considered underweight when they really just aren't fat.