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[ZANITO]

Hello all. I am newbie here...i have got a problem, maybe someone can help me. I have a Ball Phyton that have got 80 centimeters, and only weights 0.400 Kg. Is she very tiny? isnts her weigh too low? I think she would wight 1.0 kg for her size. What should i gave her? i am giving her 2 little mouses for a week...

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[Adam_Wysocki]

Hello all. I am newbie here...i have got a problem, maybe someone can help me. I have a Ball Phyton that have got 80 centimeters, and only weights 0.400 Kg. Is she very tiny? isnts her weigh too low? I think she would wight 1.0 kg for her size. What should i gave her? i am giving her 2 little mouses for a week...

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Little mice?

Baby ball pythons can eat adult mice right out of the egg. If you concerned about her weight, try upping her to larger mice and feeding every 3-5 days instead of once a week.

As long as she's eating regularly and is parasite free, her weight shouldn't be a concern.


Hope this helps.

-adam

[ZANITO]

ok thanks for helping me, i will try with bigger mices, and i will report her weight in 2 weeks counting from tomorrow.

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[elevatethis]

A quick English lesson:

Mouse = 1 mouse

Mice = more than 1 mouse

I'm sorry, english is a very stupid language.

[ZANITO]

heheheheh never heard about mice, only mouse, if mice is plural of mouse, the word mouses doenst exist right?

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[elevatethis]

correct!

I just thought it was funny you said mices...maybe referring to seperate groups of more than one mouse??? haha, i don't even want to know what that would be.......

At least you spell better than 90% of native speakers! Thats gotta count for something!

By the way, what does Zanito mean?

[ZANITO]

nothing special, its like an expression by the word ZAN .

About feeding python, at what time could she heat baby chikens? I dont know the word in english...only in Portuguese (Pintos).

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[chong_python]

Chicks


Is there a need to feed them, are you in a postion where a mouse/rat is hard to come by?

Your snake can live well on rats its entire life, there is no need to change over to chickens however there are some people that have tired it.

If im not mistaken chickens make your snake have a very runny unpleasent defecation ( poo )

Chris

[daniel1983]

I have never heard of someone feeding chickens to a ball python. I have heard of feeding chickens to green tree pythons though.

I would stick to mice or rats.

[elevatethis]

Just stick to mice or rats......

If you feed mice, an adult will eventually need to eat more than just one per week (two or three per feeding session).

If you are getting confused, Burmese pythons are fed chickens sometimes. Ball pythons and Burmese pythons are two VERY different animals.