2006-08-06 12:48:05 · 12 answers · asked by dustincarney1227 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
hes only about a year old, and his fattest section is only about the size of a mouse.
2006-08-07 00:41:04 · update #1
I had a very large (5 1/2') female and she got 1 medium sized rat every 2 weeks. We never had any problems with that feeding schedule. They really don't need to eat as much as a lot of people think they do. Being cold blooded seriously reduces the amount of energy they need to produce to survive. I'd just stop offering her extra. Ask the vet how much she needs, and just give her that much food.
2006-08-07 19:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by shadowfist 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Balls are opportunistic feeders so they will try to eat as much as you give them. Unfortunately, this will often lead to a Ball to stop eating for many months in order to "catch up". If you feed an appropriate sized meal once a week, chances are better that your Ball will eat consistently for you. The largest Balls do not need to eat as much as people seem to think. The ones in the wild eat African Soft-Furred rats only a few times a year, and those rats are about the size of a weanling or small rat, or about two mice. Any Ball will continue to grow with a couple of mice or a weanling/small rat once a week.
2006-08-06 14:41:10 · answer #2 · answered by xyz_gd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 weeks isn't that long whilst it is composed of a ball python lacking food. those adult males are previous choosy and finicky. My male went 9 weeks without ingesting in the previous and nevertheless it stresses you out to the max your snake is in simple terms being a common ball python. some ideas ~~ You did not point out his set-up. Do you have a temp gun?? degree the temps at each and every end of your enclosure and in his hides. while you at the instant are not using an decrease than the tanker heater (warmth pad), it quite is quite helpful to speculate in one. verify the humidity and make transformations as mandatory. Does he have 2 distinctive hides, one on the cool end and one on the warmth end of his enclosure?? it quite is magnificent what tiny transformations will do on your snake's urge for nutrition. As i'm advantageous you already comprehend those snakes require an ambient temp of eighty-eighty 3 ranges, basking spot at ninety ranges and a cool spot of seventy 9-eighty ranges, humidity might desire to be maintained at 50-60%. Fall is right here and the exchange interior the outdoors climate could have an impression on your snake. stable success. in simple terms save offering nutrition each and every 5 days or so and he might desire to, finally, take what you grant.
2016-12-11 08:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General rule is to feed it a prey source around the same size of the largest girth on the snake.
So really it all depends on what size your bp is. Sounds like it is around adult size to me.
2006-08-06 12:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by badger_n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try feeding a small rat instead. They prey should be as wide around as the snakes body at the snakes widest part.
2006-08-06 13:06:19 · answer #5 · answered by Boober Fraggle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power feeding will shorten his life, you know what size your snake is, give him 1 food once a week
2006-08-06 20:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. take it to the vet. Good luck and good wishes to you.
2006-08-06 15:11:28 · answer #7 · answered by K H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to get it a rabbit or something of a larger size........
2006-08-06 12:51:39 · answer #8 · answered by mandy c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is that hungry you might be next!
2006-08-06 12:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how big he is
2006-08-06 12:52:51 · answer #10 · answered by fmfcorpsmenrsexy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋