so, for my 21st birthday, my boyfriend got me exactly what I wanted-a beautiful female ball python. she is wonderful-very friendly, strong, and a great eater. I just have a few questions...
first, feeding. a disclaimer-please don't try to talk me out of live feeding. I understand all of the risks, but when it comes down to it, ball pythons are hunters, not scavengers. Abelinda is healthy and totally capable of killing tiny little hoppers.
Anyway, what I generally do is put the mouse in a clear rubbermaid container and drop abelinda in. She generally strikes within 3 mintues or so and has the mouse down in another 3. my question is kind of silly-is it better to put her in with the mouse already in there or to drop the mouse in after her? does it really matter?
also, sometimes i feel like she's still hungry afterwards. i guess I can't really confirm or deny if she is or isn't. She's just such a good eater that I wonder if she's starving. I feed her one hopper every 5-6 days and she's about 4 months old. It's probably just because I was raised Italian, where you get seconds whether you want them or not .
how big does the snake have to be before you move up to bigger mice? just curious...
thanks for any help you guys can give me!