How are you heating the cage now?

Pinky mice are way to small for ball pythons. Ball pythons can generally take a weanling mouse right out of the egg....and adult mice at a few weeks of age. The ball python probably did not have anything to poop out because it was using every bit of the pinky to sustain itself.

Like I said, we have a wealth of information on this site so feel free to ask questions. Alot of us have been keeping ball pythons for some time and have a great deal of information to share