A cuple of questions

[Alex Dew]

Hey all

My BP is just under 2ft and its male.

How old do you think he is???


He is eating 1 medium mouse a week.

Is this enough??? and if not what should he be on???

Thanks

Alex

[ANACONDASAURUS]

Do you have pix to share?

[BoidKeeper]

Hi Alex,

On that diet he could be a year old already or more who knows. Ball pythons can eat a fuzzie rat right out of the egg, or a pinkie rat at least. A 2' ball can eat a small rat for a joke. He'll never grow on that diet. If you want to him to grow and you don't want to have to feed him ten mice at a time when he is full grown I would switch him to rats asap.
Cheers,
Trevor

[daver676]

My bp is almost 20 inches, eats a large hopper mouse (medium to large mouse) once a week and she is almost 5 months now. Judging from the info you provided, I'd say your snake is around 5-7 months, but the growth rate of balls is dependent on many different factors.

Dave

[ohh_kristina]

My yearling male is 3ft, but then again, I am feeding him large rats. You should step up the prey size. He can be downing small rats easily right now. He'd probably take two.

[sapphire_moon]

Ya step up the size of prey....the size of the snake has nothing to do with age. My male was about 1 1/2 feet at 4 months, and my little female is 25-26 inches at 5 months.....so age does not equal size.........a newly hatched baby BP can handle an adult mouse......so up the prey item.