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Hi there..
Rabbits you say? What size/age? for ball pythons.. I haven't tried rabbits but my ball does love large rats and I am sure the rats he has eaten are easily bigger than baby rabbits. I will have to find a local breeder and give it a go. Thanks for reading.

Here is a couple of pics of him taking a large rat.
http://www.knology.net/~lyricalsatan/bp/

Hi,

Our adult "breeder feeders" are small to medium sized rabbits; about 5-6 pounds as adults. I feed what I call "fuzzies" to my yearling BPs. At this stage the feeders still haven't opened their eyes, which puts them at the size of a weaned to small rat. My adult BPs get "hoppers", which have their eyes just opened and are the size of medium to large rats. The feeders that outgrow their usefullness get traded to our local reptile shop (yes, we are lucky) for rats & mice. That way we are able to offer a variety in our snakes' (& my husband's monitors') diet. IMHO rabbits are much easier and far more fun to raise than mice or rats!! If you are local to Raleigh, NC let me know, and you can test out your BPs "taste" for them

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Tammy

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Thanks for the comments gore. : ) And Magick thanks for the info. I live in Montgomery, AL. But I have found a breeder already. I work at a local pet shop (Pet Supplies Plus) and my manager had a name for me.

cool pictures i didnt think a ball could eat a rat that big although i fed my ball whos is allitle less than a year a gerbal (petstore was out of mice)
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2 normal ball pythons (lazlo and izzy)
1 amelenistic corn snake (mazy)
1 wc eastern milksnake (psycho)