Quote Originally Posted by lamar3986
yeah i own a baby ball python between 19''-20'' in length and approx. between 110-130gr. in weight. i owned ''marcus'' for 1 month and 6 days and during this time period he has eaten 10 fuzzies. without a problem. i have a few questions for any of the experience snake keepers. while i have marcus in my care feeding him 2 fuzzies every friday. how much avg. weight gain will i see in 3 months from now.also,do snakes get more water from their meals than they actually drink or what.also sometimes marcus hits the mice so fast in his cage that pieces of repti bark inhis mouth can this cause impaction or will it digest i have been sucessfull at removing the pieces from his which seems he wants to eat along with the mice lol.
First off no your snake will not digest the wood bark.If he does infact swallow it he could choke and inturn die.I am not trying to scare you just being honest here.Our local zoo lost a Albino Burmese Python because she swallow some of the bark stuff from her enclosures floor.I use newspapers for my substrate,it might not be pretty but my snakes can not die from it.As far as the weight gain every snake is differant so you can not have a set weight gain to expect.If your snake sheds at least every 4 to 6 weeks like clock work he is being fed properly and is healthy.Are you feeding him mouse fuzzies or rat fuzzies? I feed my babies at that size rat pinks or small rat fuzzies,thats just me though.