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Offline knightblade

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feeding baby ball pythons
« on: July 30, 2009, 07:48:53 PM »
i just got my fisrt babys and a few of them have shed allready..i need to know when do i feed them.and how do i feed them..note there just a few weeks old so i need to know ASAP..do feed them pinkys..? r do i wait intel they get snappy to feed them..?
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 08:24:00 PM »
After their first shed is usually a good time to start. If their little tummy's aren't all bulgy from the yolk sack any more, then they have absorbed it all and it is time to start feeding. You could try pinkies, but a good size baby should be able to handle a small hopper. As long as it isn't thicker than the thickest part of the snakes body, they should be fine.
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 08:35:57 PM »
I would try to start them on rat pinkies, not pinky mice, unless they're smaller than average, they should be able to take them. If you plan on feeding frozen thawed later, start them right off with frozen thawed. The reason I say these things is because snakes don't like change... especially bp's. You get them eating mice long enough, and they refuse to eat anything but mice. same with getting them eating live and then switching to f/t. A good long pair of hemos (like 18" will do great) work excellent to offer a warmed rat pinky to a baby bp. but like heart and soul said, after the first shed is when you offer the first meal. then offer it once a week til they take it. Don't offer it every day because they'll just associate food with stress and not eat.
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 08:37:55 PM »
Quote from: Donnie_K on July 30, 2009, 08:35:57 PM
I would try to start them on rat pinkies, not pinky mice, unless they're smaller than average, they should be able to take them. If you plan on feeding frozen thawed later, start them right off with frozen thawed. The reason I say these things is because snakes don't like change... especially bp's. You get them eating mice long enough, and they refuse to eat anything but mice. same with getting them eating live and then switching to f/t. A good long pair of hemos (like 18" will do great) work excellent to offer a warmed rat pinky to a baby bp. but like heart and soul said, after the first shed is when you offer the first meal. then offer it once a week til they take it. Don't offer it every day because they'll just associate food with stress and not eat.

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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 08:43:00 PM »
yeah i just got my big BP to eat F/T rats first time ever and he took it like hes been eating F/T all his life i was shocked that he took it so eazy..so thats what im going to try from now on for him is F/T..yeah hes about 4 1/2 feet long now i know not that big..but i think he is lol

oh and as far as pinkys go i dont ever give them mice pinkys just rat pinkys or fuzzys let me dig out a pic and ill post it on here..of 1 of them there all about the same size so..so i guess yall can tell me what yall think?
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 08:44:31 PM »
actually that's pretty good size for an adult ball python, they don't get very big. Glad you got a good eater there, most people aren't so lucky when it comes to bp's.
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 08:56:37 PM »
ok heres 2 pic of 1 little 1 lesser BP




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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 09:07:20 PM »
Aaaw very cute :D
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2009, 09:12:51 PM »
ty i think so too..
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Re: feeding baby ball pythons
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2009, 09:15:26 PM »
good lookin' little bp's!
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