Should I get a Ball Python?

[Pareeeee]

Another question - on average what size rats will an adult male ball python need to eat? (I know food should be no bigger than the widest part of the snake's body, but what is that usually??)

Still trying to find a rodent supplier that won't gouge me with their prices...very expensive around here!

[youngster]

Med rats maybe? I'm not completely sure depends on the gender

[redsided]

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

Wow thanks for all the answers. Very helpful. I'm still on the fence on this one. I have seen people handle Corns - they just seem to move wayy too fast for me, lol. I'm leaning towards the slower moving snakes myself, but that could still change.

Whoa whoa whoa, corn snakes are NOT that fast compared to pretty much everything but pythons/boas... Just hold a garter snake and you'll think they're SLUGGISH.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

Another question - on average what size rats will an adult male ball python need to eat? (I know food should be no bigger than the widest part of the snake's body, but what is that usually??)

Still trying to find a rodent supplier that won't gouge me with their prices...very expensive around here!

A lot of snakes take prey LARGER than their own body (hence why people say about food leaving a "lump") my BP takes prey twice the size of its widest part.