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fishr
at Fri Aug 4 11:31:45 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by fishr ]
As I said feeding live should (and if I could I would italic 'should') be the last resort. If a Ball missed three meals, there still should be no reason to offer live prey unless the snake is losing dramatic weight. Remember these are Ball Pythons, and they are capable of going nearly a year without food and no internal damage to their health.
For example, my female finished a eight month fast, early in July. Never once did I offer live, and her weight loss was only minor. A few days before she broke her fast, she weighed in at 1786g's.
Force feeding I'm afraid should never be attempted. If the snake is really is at that point, and the situation is that crical, chances are the animal requires a visit to a qualified Vet because clearly something more acute is going on.
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