Hi bigj! Well done for asking first! I don't yet own a ball python and wanted to research first.

Just chatting to some friends about wanting a snake the other week... A friend said "If we get any more mice in our loft, I will give them you then". (She just meant it in a friendly sociable way, as a non-reptile owner). So people do make an assumption it's OK as wild snakes get wild prey.

Perhaps you bigj had mice in the house and thought it would be convenient.

Hey ho. I had already read somewhere before that feeding wild rodents to your pet snake is a no no. At least now you know, which is what forums are about, finding out advice and tips.

Nonetheless knowledge is only knowledge if you have read it or been told it before.

I agree what other pet only eats so little?! I wish I could live on just one meal a week LOL.

Fiona