Help.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I bought my female ball python 6 days ago and tommorow is feeding day, My problem is i have never experienced in feeding f/t rats. Please tell me how i feed him it. Also what kind of rat would a 4 week old rat be? (fuzzy, pup, medium, jumbo etc.) Thanks, help appreciated!

An adult BP does not need anything bigger then a small rat so jumbo are out of question.

You need to feed your BP a prey that is slightly smaller then the girth size

Now do you know what your BP was fed before you got her? It help to know because there is 2 important things here if your BP was feeding live she might refuse F/T and if she was eating mice she might refuse rat

So you need to be consistent with the meal as switching can be tricky

To feed F/T all you have to do is thaw the prey and then warm it up so the BP can get the heat signal from it for that here are your options

Putting the prey in a baggie and submerging the baggie in warm water for 5 minutes or

Putting the prey under a heat light or

Blow-drying the prey with your hair dryer

Then offer the prey holding it with some tongues or hemostats and dangling it in front of your BP

Switching to F/T if the BP is not used to it yet can be tricky and even more with BP that are adjusting to their new environment but with patience it can be some