Quote Originally Posted by JLC
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.
cheers for the advice, and you dont have to tell me about runny stool, my taiwan beauty snake eats mostly chicks at the mo (shes gone off rats for a while) and her poo is disgusting! Not easy to clean as well. I really would like to get my BP back on rats/mice, but i think ill stick with chicks for 2 more weeks and then try another rodent. I tried gerbils, as i heard these were readily taken by BP, but he wasnt interested, he only wanted the chick.

cheers for the help, do u think the chances of him switchin back to rodents are high?