ball python questions

[sean12wilk]

How long can a baby ball python be kept in a 16 quart sterilite tub? How big can a male ball python be expected to get if fed one appropriately sized prey item once a week? Thanks!

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by sean12wilk

How long can a baby ball python be kept in a 16 quart sterilite tub? How big can a male ball python be expected to get if fed one appropriately sized prey item once a week? Thanks!

Until it outgrows the bin. You'll notice when it looks too small for it.

Depends on the snake. I have had snakes get from 700 grams fed the same meal as a male that got to 1500 grams. All my males are fed small rats ranging from 70 - 100 grams. That's it forever.

[sean12wilk]

So you start baby male ball pythons on small rats?

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by sean12wilk

So you start baby male ball pythons on small rats?

No. They start on hopper mice then I move them to rat pups. I use 10 - 15% of the snakes weight in food as it grows.

So pups to weanling and so on until they get to small rats.