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**Dwerfsd** · 02-05-2007, 08:17 AM

Captive bred Ball Pythons these days are pretty easy to feed, mine sometimes goes through a month or two before eating during breeding season, but he eats like clockwork every Friday besides that. He gets frozen/thawed small rats btw.

The thing to do is buy a snake that is captive bred and at least 6 or 7 months old, which has been raised on f/t rats or mice. It's important to ask as many questions as you can, my Rainbow Boa was 5 when I got her and had been raised on white f/t rats, so when she was offered spotted rats she didn't know what to do. It took her a year to get used to the patterned rats.

As a general rule never buy from pet store, they generally have problems with parasites. Try to buy from a breeder that cares. I've had good luck on the classifieds at kingsnake.com...

Good Luck!

02-05-2007, 08:17 AM	#8
Dwerfsd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	Captive bred Ball Pythons these days are pretty easy to feed, mine sometimes goes through a month or two before eating during breeding season, but he eats like clockwork every Friday besides that. He gets frozen/thawed small rats btw. The thing to do is buy a snake that is captive bred and at least 6 or 7 months old, which has been raised on f/t rats or mice. It's important to ask as many questions as you can, my Rainbow Boa was 5 when I got her and had been raised on white f/t rats, so when she was offered spotted rats she didn't know what to do. It took her a year to get used to the patterned rats. As a general rule never buy from pet store, they generally have problems with parasites. Try to buy from a breeder that cares. I've had good luck on the classifieds at kingsnake.com... Good Luck!
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