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    Re: 6 Month Old Ball Python still acting hungry after two small mice?

    Quote Originally Posted by PaulBython View Post
    Alright! I will try to weigh his mice tomorrow. Thank you for the advice. That was just what everybody recommended for his size, and so I went with it but I was worried tonight as he was avidly telling me that he was still hungry.
    I honestly don't weight food for my snakes, but I've kept so many snakes for over 3 decades now, so I can tell the right size by "looks" but that's hard when you're new at this.

    I pretty much go by feeding a rodent that is slightly less than the widest part of the snake's (un-fed) mid-section, with exceptions for a few of my snakes that have very narrow faces (rosy boa & TX longnose snakes, for example). But until you get the hang of it, that chart should help.
    Last edited by Bogertophis; 03-17-2020 at 11:23 PM.
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