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Ball Pythons

endrin

endrin

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I was just wondering if the same 1.5x the girth of the snake rule for food size also applies for balls?
 
Eh, not as much in balls because of the body shape.

What size is the snake? And how old?

A large rat is plenty for adults.
 
Its a male killer bee, 5 months old. Hes a puggy lil guy. I was wondering because im feeding my 2 &1/2 year old corns med mice and hes as thich or thicker but no way near as long. Im feeding him small mice but it just looks to small for the thickest part of his body.
 
I generally feed something the same size, or just a bit larger than the thickest part of the body.

Ball pythons are built funny. Peanut shaped head, skinny neck and thick dumpy bodies. So their food bumps are never as prominent as a slim bodied colubrid. If you try feed something 1.5 x times bigger than the thickest part, you are going to have a balloon looking snake. :)

Most of the 5 month olds I have as hold backs are on rat fuzzy/crawlers which are just a wee bit bigger than average adult mice.
 
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