My Ball python

[steveothegreat]

He is about 6 months old, very tame and eats like a champ so far.

crappy pics ( anyone have advise on how to better resize a picture )

[End Times]

Judging by using your foot in the pic for scale, that seems to be a darn good size for a 6 month old. Sure it's not older?

[steveothegreat]

Ive had him for 2 months, the guy at the pet store said he was about 4 months old. he is about 19 inches right now. I think he may be a bit older to,

Judging from what u see in the pics, what should i be feeding him. right now he is getting one regular mouse per week.

[End Times]

Really? He's only 19"? Guess the pics deceived me a bit. At that size a mouse per week is probably fine. You want to match the prey items girth to the thickest part of the snake, that is the size of meal he can handle.

Although mice are just fine nutritionally speaking, you may want to try to get him onto appropriate sized rats. The main reason being is that as your snake grows, you can increase the size of the prey item accordingly. Basically, as an adult you'd be able to give him one mid-sized rat per feeding rather than three or four mice which can become not only a nuisance but expensive too. Sometimes they can be difficult to switch over though. They can get picky after awhile of being on a particular type of prey item. You may also want to try to get him on Frozen/Thawed rather than live. If he will take them for you eventually, then you can have a supply on hand and won't need to run to the store every week. This also makes feeding risk free, as live rodents can potentially injure your snake. Not every snake will take F/T though, so don't feel like a failure if you never manage to convert him. Oh, and if you do try, be aware that it can take several months to switch them over.

[kronic2005]

When i got my ball python in early sept, he was 17 inches, and about 2 months old, Which is pretty big for a 2 month old ball python, he wasnt very girthy though. Ive been feeding him f/t rat pups since then. Now its dec and hes 22 inches!, Hes growing like a monster, hes still not that girthy though, but hes not skinny or anything. I think im gonna try feeding him a rat pup every 5 days. My ball pythons wasnt hard to switch over to f/t , it took me one try, he loves it. I havn't had a problem yet. Good luck

[steveothegreat]

I just remeasured him last night, i was abit off last time. he is now 24 inches.

He was in a really docile mood last night so i tried to measure him with a string and I got a much more accurate answer

[Corran]

I would try photoshop to resize. My bp is close to the age of yours, shes close to 6 months now and 24-26 inches.

old pics

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/Corran05/DSCF0010.jpg
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more recent ones, sorry about the quality, camera doesn't focus well in the dark lol

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/Corran05/DSCF0056.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/Corran05/DSCF0053.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/Corran05/ninabraclet.jpg