out of the fifty or so bp's I have at the moment, i'd say probably 5 display the same actions sometime. these are the ones that seem to only eat on a bi-weekly time frame but they seem to use every bit of the rodent and only pass minimal amounts of stool. When they are hungry, their feeding responce equals that of every other snake in my collection. some snakes don't need or want to be fed that often. the ones I have that prefer to go longer periods between meals don't even get offered food more than once every 2 weeks and then if they refuse they get to go another 2 weeks. usually by week 4 there is no hesitation and the rats are consumed very quickly. I to use 90% live feeders and the other 10% is fresh killed by me. If you are using live and feel a little uncomfortable, I'd also suggest to feed rats on the smaller side as ball pythons immobilize grabbed rats and smaller dont' stand a chance.



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Josh Hutto
JKReptiles


2.3 het pied (RDR, alan bosch x 2, BHB x 2)
1.0 Spider Ball python (Ballroom pythons south)
0.1 High Contrast Albino (Gulf Coast)
1.1 het albino (ben siegel, Gulf Coast)
1.2 het citrus ghost(Gulf Coast line)
1.0 citrus ghost (Gulf Coast line)
1.1 graz pastel female
1.6 05 normal bp's
0.6 04 normal bp's
2.5 adult normal bp's (some need breeding to see if norm)
4 various corns
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (alan bosch)
1.0 american pit bull terrior
1.1 taco dogs (ankle biters)
1.0 grey cat
0.1 bearded dragons

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