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

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And I would agree with Craig, as someone with about 35 years of keeping many snakes , that it's best to feed snakes in the enclosure they live in. To avoid them
ingesting substrate, just feed them from tongs (if they'll accept food that way, some don't) or feed over (or put their food ON) something that functions as a "plate"-
it doesn't have to BE a plate from your kitchen, it can be a large plastic snap-on top, it can be a cardboard box lid...whatever, just to keep the substrate from sticking
to the damp prey your snake is eating.

While you might get away with handling THIS hungry snake to feed him elsewhere, with most snakes that will just ensure that YOU get bit, either because a snake will
confuse you with the prey, or after, when they're still in "feed" mode. With large constrictors, this can even be dangerous, which is why those of us with serious snake
experience are trying to change bad habits whenever we come across them.

With more timid snakes, handling them before feeding (even just to put them in another container) tends to stress them, which destroys their immediate appetite, so you
can create your very own "problem-feeder". If they do eat, as Craig already mentioned, you increase the chance that when you handle them to put them back they
may regurgitate their prey, which is not only a harmful outcome, but rarely can even be fatal, since snakes can aspirate & physically cannot cough.

We want you & your pet to have the best & safest experience, that's all.