bp switching to rat pups

[TeaNinja]

like i figured, my bp happily grabbed a rat pup instead of a mouse. it was pretty sad to see the rats i bred being killed, but that's the circle of life i guess. interesting that i hear of so many bp's being such finicky eaters and he just eats like a champ.

[Nektu]

Nice! at least it was an easy transition.

[Ch^4]

3 of my BPs are finicky eaters...if you have enough of them, you are likely to have at least one finicky eater. And the finicky-ness may not manifest for a few months...

[stephanbakir]

My bp only took rats for like 2 years, could never get him to eat mice if i was low on rats, but he did take a turtle once:P (ate my cousins pet out of her hand)

[vendettaseve]

My bp only took rats for like 2 years, could never get him to eat mice if i was low on rats, but he did take a turtle once:P (ate my cousins pet out of her hand)

Why do I suddenly have the desire to see this?

Poor turtle but the mechanics of how your guy managed it scream must see.

[stephanbakir]

It was a baby red eared, smaller then a tennis ball

[TeaNinja]

jeeze lol....i bet a turtle shell isn't too easy to digest O.o

[stephanbakir]

Came out looking like poo:P

[TeaNinja]

funny :p

i figured the snake would want 2 rat pups because last time he ate he had 2 mice, but i dropped a 2nd one in the box after he was done and he wanted nothing to do with it. i guess one pup was a good enough meal for this week.

[stephanbakir]

The good news is he swapped. No worries.

[Lankyrob]

Rats are more filling tahn mice - heavier in the protein stakes. Our BP would be out looking for food after a few days when on Mice, now he is on rats he eats and we dont see him for 14 days or so.

[mykee]

Most ball pythons will eat what you feed them.
I have well over 100; not a single mouse eater and only three live eaters in the bunch.

[mistersprinkles]

jeeze lol....i bet a turtle shell isn't too easy to digest O.o

Other than the issue with swallowing something as uncompressable as a turtle shell, once it's in the stomach it's not any more difficult to digest than a rat in terms of the processes involved :). Same general building blocks to a turtle in terms of raw materials.

Unfortunate for the turtle though.

[TeaNinja]

i just fed off the 2nd rat pup. it's sad to see the rats dieing :(
it's hard to love animals so much and to feed them to each other lol.

stupid python lol. it took it like 5 minutes to finally find the head and get it in its mouth to start eating.
was just gnawing the rat all over to try and find the head lol.