Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire7
My Bp is fed 1 small rat weekly (Just switched her over) Mice I think are just too small. And when I fed mice my snake just seemed to be too hungry just 2 days after feeding 1 mouse. I tried feeding 2 mice per feeding once... and my snake just ignored it (I feed f/t) and she went into her hide and fell asleep.... 1 small rat a week is fine with my snake. And when she gets older I think my snake will be bale to take either 2 small rats or a medium rat. I also think the reason why a lot of snake are over fed is because they syart to show signs of being hungry a few days after being fed. Maybe because in the wilf on average a Bp only moves 15ft a day (so I've been told, but still not too much) but when we hold our snake they tend to slither more. Thus using up calories more than they would if they were in the wild.
I think that it is highly unlikely that a ball python eats 52 times a year in the wild ... catching prey when you have no arms or legs ain't easy ... I have about 20 adult ball pythons that eat mice and they are doing fine ... I also have about 100 adult females that are very large and eat not much more than a small rat per week.

Sooner or later, over feeding will lead to fasting.

-adam