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    Re: Is it safe to feed a ball python 2 rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    You've gotten great advice above from Deborah and I think you're stressing too much over this. Your snake will not be massively over-fed if you feed him
    2 of the size you have, & as long as it's not something you keep on doing. It also won't hurt him a bit to eat just ONE item...it's usually better to underfeed
    just a bit than to over-feed. The issues with feeding 2 at a time are that (1) some snakes will only accept one prey item at a time no matter what, and (2) of
    those that accept both, you run the risk of overwhelming their digestion and causing them to regurgitate...a very real set-back that can be harmful. So between
    the 2 options, I'd personally just feed one under-sized item for now & not lose any sleep over it. Snakes have evolved eating far less than most of our pets
    get (even with more activity) and a little hunger won't hurt. And remember that in the wild, their food is NOT all the same size, nor at the same frequency.
    ok its just that her advice confused me she said dont feed 10 percent feed less then she said 50 for his size of 500. So I’m just like ok... So 50 is 10 percent of 500 it so I felt dissonance when I processed the information. I wonder if she meant 50 for mine bc he is 567? Then therefore under 10 percent if thats what she means then I finally get it! Hahaha

    I couldn’t tell what she meant.

    And cool I’ll feed him one 33 grams rat tomorrow.
    Thanks again everyone!
    Last edited by Zuri Indigo; 08-05-2018 at 11:13 PM.
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