Mysterious Missing Feces...

[Skumbo]

Originally Posted by cute_snakeyface

"about barely" O.o what horrendous English, huh?

She usually eats about twice a month. It's variable, I guess. She poops, gets hungry, I feed her. As she's grown, I've observed her habits closely, but I wish I had been documenting. These days, four or five mice a month keeps her happy and not fat.

Ok im very confused as to your feeding habits.

They seem very off to me.

for one, twice a month isnt a good idea, she should be eating more, once a week I believe is the normal rate. She should be eating prey at 1-1.5 (i like feeding a "little bit" thicker) than the thickest part of her body.

[mattchibi]

Originally Posted by Skumbo

Ok im very confused as to your feeding habits.

They seem very off to me.

for one, twice a month isnt a good idea, she should be eating more, once a week I believe is the normal rate. She should be eating prey at 1-1.5 (i like feeding a "little bit" thicker) than the thickest part of her body.

To be more accurate, its actually best to measure the prey out to be 10-15 % of your ball python's weight. And you can buy a digital food scale for $30 at any department store.

[Skumbo]

Originally Posted by mattchibi

To be more accurate, its actually best to measure the prey out to be 10-15 % of your ball python's weight. And you can buy a digital food scale for $30 at any department store.

^ That too, but it usually comes out to about the same I believe. 600g is a gigantic rat if you have say an older 4000g ball