In the wild, bird remains are often found in the stool of young ball pythons. (Or in the stomachs of dead ones)


From what I understand, it won't hurt to feed a chick...but expect to have some pretty nasty, runny stools afterward. I'm not sure an all-bird diet would be healthy for the life of the snake, though. Studies of wild behavior show a significant change-over to a mostly rodent diet as they mature.