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I have four Corns, a Glossy and a huge Mexican Black King... and now I have my first BP. It is gorgeous. I got it today. I saw it when I stopped in the feedstore to get some bran for my horses. It had only been there about two weeks. It looked to be about 18 months old. I asked the employee if it was calm. He took it out and it was calm. I asked if it was clean. He was checked, including his mouth, and all seemed hunky dory. I asked it it ate ok, and he said that it wasn't that good of an eater and that he had put a small rat in for about two or three days and it it didn't touch it. I asked him to try a small adult mouse and it took in instantly.... and another. When I got it home it still seemed hungry so I gave it two small weaners. He took them all eagerly... but I quit after giving him one more adult. My question is... was that too much to feed it, and is it ok to just feed mice since I raise only mice and can give it several at a feeding.

I'm so tickled to now own a BP...
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MissHisssss

Feeding only mice is fine. You just may have to give him/her 2 or 3 each time. If you can get 1 mouse big enough to give your snake a good lump for a day or two then 1 mouse is all that is needed.

Jason

You can feed it mice if that's all it will take, but for an 18 month old ball, you're gonna need to feed her maybe 7 or 8 mice per feeding.

Hi again.... I talked to someone here in town about it and they said that I should just keep feeding till the snake quits eating. Then too... since it may not have eaten for a while that perhaps stopping at 3 adults and 2 weaners was good for now, so as not to overwhelm it. How does all this sound to ya all?

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