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Any owners of ball /royal pythons out there Advice on feeding Please2007-11-24 1:47:10

I have a 6month old ball python which I purchased 4 weeks ago. The guy in the pet shop said to feed him every 4-5 days on fussies which I'm doing, and the snake is eating well.

I have read various python books and care sheets which tell you different things on feed .. ie.. one book quotes, feed every 7/10 days, another book states twice a week and the latest advice I was given from a breeder was to feed say every saturday 1 fussie and when that had gone feed the snake another straight away !

What is your advise on feeding

PLZ...

Answers:

a 6 month old ball (python regus), should be at least on small mice if not medium mice, feed your snake a mouse about the size of the fattest part of his body, once a week. dont worry if his head neck look to small to take it, as long as the mouse will fit in the largest part of his body he will take it no problems. the problems with royals is that they glutton feed, if you offer a mouse every 4 or 5 days he will take it, but because he is getting so much, he will eventually stop feeding for a month or two, maybe a little longer before starting to feed again. with royals the best way to feed them is one mouse, every 7 - 10 days, when you think the snake might be ready to upgrade in size of the mouse, then maybe give him say 2 small mice in one feed, (at once) then the next time move him up to the medium, etc. but if you dont want your roayl to go off food for a set period of time, it is best regular feeding them every 7 to 10 days.

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1. Feed a prey item as large around as the widest part of your snake's body. At 6 months, a ball python should be eating something much larger than a fuzzy mouse.