What Can Ball Pythons Eat Besides Rats?
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I'm so excited watching all these videos! I got a corn snake last year and now I'm going to adopt a male bamboo bp soon. :>
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Watching so many of your videos, I surely got hooked on bps XD
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my 15 yr old male had his first med rat, did great. only had adult mice til then but I would occasionally do two mice a week. Thanks for the video
I've had a few ball pythons that would only eat mice or ASFs like you stated it can be hard to switch them to regular rats. If anyone is dealing with this issue with their ball python here's what I've done with great success and works with mice and ASFs.
Start by taking your snakes food of choice is and put it in a box with some rat bedding that's only been used for a day or so. You don't want to over power the mouse or ASF with the rat odor. Do that for a couple weeks, then take a rat and have it sit in mouse or ASF bedding for awhile. You'll want the rat to smell like the snakes food of choice. In my experience, by the 3rd week I'll have the snake eating rats without smelling like mice or ASFs.
One thing I have noticed, female breeders. I have an ASF only female and after the breeding season, to get her back on food I have had to offer her ASFs but she'll convert right back to rats within a few weeks.
If you don't have ASF or mouse bedding. Go to your local reptile shop and ask for a bag full. Freeze it between feedings to help preserve the odor.
I'm a newb python owner and had no idea there was a difference in rats and mice other than size... So that is good to know.
Great content keep it up!!!
Great video! Very informative 🤙🏻
Amazing video, thanks for this research.
Hey Chris, excellent topic. I just heard about feeding chickens or quail to male ball pythons. The idea behind it is that they will stay in condition longer for breeding. When fed birds they're not as apt to get too large and heavy hence they would be lazy.
Funny
Wow I live in MA, and there's only 1 local pet shop that has live rats, I pay $5.25 for a small rat. That = $21.00 a month, and she's only 38" the mediums go for $6.00. ?????? Kind of glad she goes off from December to March. Will see this winter how she does.
Bobby looked like he was ordering lunch. I'll take a #5 hold the calcium and can I get a #9 to go? Thanks!
Great video Chris. Monty ( cupcake) is doing great and says hi!
Such a good video!
Hey, love the vids. Could you maybe talk a little about how much electricity an ARS rack uses??? I currently have a 200 amp panel and am having to upgrade to a 400 amp panel (2 - 200 amp panels), due to the hybrid 7020 rack constantly blowing fuses.
Thanks I was wondering about this.
In my specific area I live about 1 mile away from a chicken/ duck/quail hatchery since feeding has slowed down a good bit in my snake room I might just try something different to keep them feeding
Quail breed and mature pretty fast too!
One of my girls will only eat ASFs. It's a pain. Breeding them is so slow its hard to keep up with feeding, but she was a mouser and wouldn't touch rats, even live, and that's as a hatchling. She's grown well on them through. Hatched at 16 grams and just had her first birthday and had hit 500g. She had a couple of months where she refused food at all until I found ASFs and then she started eating every time with very few refusals.
I dont have ball Pythons, they're illegal in Australia, however my Murray Darling carpet and my Carpet python have started on pigeons and they love them.
Great content
I breed soft furs and feed them to all of my snakes. I have 29 and never had one miss a meal. On top of that, they have been growing quite fast. They’re all shedding every 3-4 weeks. Soft furs are the natural food of the ball python. A lot of ppl have problems breeding them but I never had an issue. Started with 2 males and 8 females. Separated 1.4 each colony. I now have 5 colonies and 4 grow out bins. They have litters every 21 days. My only dislike is that they take a little more time to grow for the bigger snakes. Other than that, the smell is basically non existent and they’re very easy to breed as long as you dial in the high protein intake.
Hey what do you do about the smell?
Hi Chris love your videos. Question for ya please. How long after my female lays eggs should I wait to breed her. My female fire laid eggs about 2 months ago and has been pounding rats ever since and is almost back to her laying weight. Is the time right or should I wait some more?
Wow, good info, ty
Very informative
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Hi Chris! Me and My husband are such bigs fans of yours. We're from the Philippines and we are loving parents of less than year ballpythons (we have 4) We learned alot from you regarding ballpythons from how to take care of them and different genes... I wanted to know what an "exploratory bite" is? My ballpython baby, the most tamed and calmed one, bit me without striking, she literally just opened her mouth and bit into my hands slowly. I was kinda shock cause she wasn't in defensive or aggressive mode. What do you think it is?
I have a 15 year old male who will not eat rats. He is a die hard mouser. While not a long snake, he is at a healthy weight. He is also a confirmed breeder. I used to feed quail to my ferrets, but they seem very large for a Ball Python, unless you can buy very young ones.
You can buy day old quail , (probably too small for an adult ball python) or you can buy a cheap incubator with an auto turning function and hatch some eggs and grow the chicks put to the size you need, they gain size rapidly 6-8 weeks from hatch to fully mature, eggs take around 16-19days to hatch at 37.5°c, well worth keeping a small flock if you have a large collection or enjoy eating eggs (females lay 1 egg per day )
I've hatched chickens and quail already for awhile quail are quick to lay about 6-8 weeks old they'll start laying eggs
Cool stuff
Fed some checks last night that I got on sale . They where small so I gave them to give of my ball pythons that are 100-130 grams including a very fussy female I have and they all are them . Three strikes and two I just put in and they disappeared. I am going to work them In but stick mostly to rats .
I wish I could get a rat for $5, Petco taxing 13.99 for a small rat and 6.59 for a mouse, I had to start breeding my own
Love the videos man but I have a question I have a ball but I can’t place the morph, how would I go about getting that figured out if possible? And easy to watch videos again
Chris has videos on how to spot different genes. If that doesn’t help go to morphmarket and start researching. That’s what I do
You can literally snap a picture and post it to the morph market forum. Snake experts up the wazzoo and theyre all super helpful.
You could post it on reddit
Post a photo of it on MorphMarket.com community page.
I’ve heard from friends that breed snakes that feathered feeders can make them sterile. Could be incorrect but this is what they always said about it.
That's BS 🐂💩! I occasionally feed feathered birds too them! In the wild Ball pythons among other snakes have eaten small birds and it doesn't make them sterile!
Rats are really good for them
You should put some generators on those wheels and make some power lol
I like to feed my snakes a varied diet. My 8 year old Male who is quite a big boy and almost 5ft long has eaten everything on this list. Hes the most unfussy royal ever and takes anything I offer. My other snakes get fed a mixture of mice, rats and African soft furs. I breed them all myself. The mice are mainly for my owl however but the snakes get a few now and then.
U have a owl
@@lordleatch yes i do. A barn owl called Token
@@bonniebunny6997 that’s crazy I always wanted one but heard the maintenance on them is crazy high
@@lordleatch a wild Owl that you feed or an actual owl you Hold and care for?? Either way it’s pretty awesome.
My ball pythons favourite food is quail. I breed quail and if I get a deformed or I'll one I feed it to my python rather than wates it's life throwing it away. My ball python had never refused a meal and I am soo lucky he is a great feeder. He will eat anything u offer too, nice, rats, quail, chicks, and even ate a baby pigeon that was from my flick and had a broken hip.
That's a gorgeous bamboo you have there 😁
Question of the day. How much does Bobbie weigh?
What is your Opinion on Repti-Links? Was thinking about trying that will mine.
My garters love the micro links mostly the quail then rabbit and last frog. I ordered some bigger ones expected a long sausage but got almost a round ball short one so I messed up and they are not usable . I wanted to try them and still may but $30 waisted is a bummer . Be careful how you order so you get what you want . Also there is a minimum for shipping so you can't just try one pack so that sucks think it is $75.
African soft furred usually switch mousers to them and they are better nutritionally
I feed my BP in variety, Rat, mouse, chick, hamster, gerbil, quail and sometimes my fingers
I have a guppy bowl in my terrarium, my ball python seems to enjoy fishing up his own snacks.
Shut up! I want to know more! I love that and want to do that .
I don't think ball pythons eat a minnow
When should I switch my snake to a rat pup. He is about 2 months only im terrified of making him a mouser only....
Is Bobby just a bit heavy lol 🤣
Can anyone tell me what the food animal after the hamster is ? english is not my native language and i did not get it right ....?!?
When are the rabbit enclosures coming?
My understanding is that the ASF rat (which i have raised for some time), has a much higher quality protein than your normal fancy rat. Also, the protein amount is actually higher than your normal rat for the same weight. As such it's really hard to compare protein value. Also, the diet of the rat and its health will also create variables in how much protein a rat has verse another rat. It's easier to compare completely different species on average than between the same species of different weights and quality.
....wish I had a place here that sold rats for only a dollar and change. The closest places with feeders to me charges $6 for a small to medium ._. Fortunately I found a store that sells them for only $2. Only downside is, the store's 25 minutes away. But nothing is cheaper than them
Breed your own rats, it is not that complicated and cheap after the initial costs.
I feed A ASF one week a mouse one week and a rat for 2 weeks every month and I have around 50 BP I do have a mouser and she was like that when I bought her and the mouse have a high fat content
Ha! "My snake is CHICK DEPENDENT" lol
As far as growth, my best friend and I ended up with female BPs the same age at the same time. She fed hers mice and I did mice in the beginning them soft furs. None had some feeding issues in the early months, my friend's always ate- I don't think that snake has missed more than a meal or two in a year.
We moved in together a couple of months ago and I got my friend's snake transitioned to rats only and she's picked up a lot of weight, but she's sitting at 385g while my problem feeder is at 500g. A mouse diet definitely doesn't help them grow well. She just got a new baby and is making sure he's rat only. I breed them so he's already getting rat pinkies instead of hopper mice.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am looking to buy a thermostat to make my own incubator out of an old sobe fridge/cooler. What incubator should I buy, I am currently looking at the VE100... Would that do the job?
I think the ve200s have an alarm. I would want one with an alarm, or is a separate cheap thermometer with an alarm.
Thanks! This informations 👍! 😊💚🤍. I know what else to feed My Girl! 🐍😆😆😆😆💜💜💜💚💚💚💚
Question about hairless rats. Chris are there any benefits of going hairless when feeding ball pythons ? I've never thought about it until now..
I can think of a drawback: unfortunately the hairless trait in rats comes with health problems. Depending on which gene they have, it can make them have immunodeficiency, kidney problems, misaligned teeth (a really bad problem for rats because they need to wear their teeth down), cancer, etc. Immunodeficiency would be particularly bad for a breeding stock because you tend to have a lot of rats together.
There is a guy with some vids about ball Pythons and he had a bunch of research about what they eat in the wild . The info was showing they eat alot of birds . I have a female lesser that has been a bad eater since i got her she only eats every 4-5 weeks or so she is growing very slowly but doing ok . So chicks where on special so i got a bag . She was not interested in the least nor was my male banana that has skipped a few meals so i offered it to him . The research had shown that the males in the wild had eaten more birds than the females. So i dont know but none of mine where interested in chicks.
Maybe you have gay snakes? lol
@@robertbailey4454 oh dont like chicks, took me a while to get it . I will love them the same anyway! Would like babys though. Does suck the little lesser just doesn't eat good . Got her as a hatching and have been waiting hoping she would start eating for me . I have 10 others i am raising up in the same conditions with no problems .
I saw that video too,I think it was called reptile research.
Hey Chris I have a question. I'm getting into breeding ball pythons and I was wondering if you would make me an incubator from a soda machine like what you've got and sell it to me? Or explain how to make it if not?
Quite simple there are videos on here on how to convert them into incubators
@@Duzzer_One yeah I’m pretty sure snake discovery made a vid on how to make one too
@@saintedcat3140that's a great channel
Morph mixology has great diy on incubators and racks
Wete can i sell a baby bold python
prepare for a fecal Jackson Pollock if you start feeding chicks :P
The ASF is not really a problem that they grown slow or if you get too many that are ready to be feed off they will never get too big for a ball python same for mice but a rat will get too big if you don't cull them ...
Here in Australia it cost $40 for a baby rabbit
I pay 5 bucks for live smedium rats ... always seems too small ... is that average price?
So quick we're better or about the same as a rat?
How big of a rat will even the largest balls eat ? Cus some people say they feed Large in snake was still looking or acking hungry . So can they eat collosal , jumbo , xxL rats ?
It depends on the size of the snake. The rule of thumb is the thickest part of the snake should be the same size as the thickest part of the rat.
Damn i pay 3$cnd per adult mouse in western Canada....where do i get them at your rates....do u sell?
What about giving them large crickets?
And what is your website I’d love to own some of your bloodline
How about reptilinks? ;)
I’ve been told by a few breeders that ASF’s was like crack for ball pythons lol
...so it makes them act crazy?
This is true. My snakes often eat ASF when they denie to eat rats. But some ball python are hard to switch to rats when they got ASF, this is true too. But I think most picky eaters would take rats when they get really hungry. Many people and breeders want their snakes to eat every time, so many ball pythons get their ASF instead of rats just to make the owner happy ;-)
My corn snake eats talipia and salmon
How do you prepare the Tilapia? I am looking for flexitarian diet suggestions
Hey guys how are you my guy my girl rather won’t need anything but nice if I go to Petco they’re five dollars each so I got a lady in Flushing two dollars for any mouse it could be a pinky or it could be a full grown it’s all two dollars and sometimes she’ll eat one and sometimes eat four and she’s happy for like a week she won’t eat frozen 🥶 have a happy thanksgiving
I love ur snake
thanks i thought about getting a bp for a while and now decided i dont want to cuz i find mice and rats cute
And they won’t get past 60gs or so unless they are breeders then they can get up to 80 or so grams
Could also probably do lizards, no?
It's like 5$ a rat at the pet store near me.
Hmm just a thought. About the fat content..
I thought we debunked the myth that eating fat makes us fat, And that it's in fact the carbs that is actually converted into to fats in our tissues. Does it work differently with snakes?
Do you sell feeder rats?
You should've shown images of these animals
So I guess small children are out??? JUST KIDDING!!! I figured I better say that before anyone has a hissy fit!!!
Bullfrog?
What about goldfish?
I got a question
if you're buying chicks for yourself you can buy some extra for your snakes. Check out deals for cheap rooster chicks.
Can you feed them lizards
Asf’s take twice as long to grow out
Should the rat be dead?
Cant find gerbils here in California, there illegal to own here.
What about squirrels?!
What about using duck hatchlings instead of chicks, don't they contain much more fat, and protein, then chicken hatchlings
My ball python will eat anything small and furry/feathery in his tank.
Hey does anybody know how to switch a ball python from mice to rats?
I've gotten used bedding from the mouse cages at the pet store and put it in a zip lock bag and put it in the snake cage right before feeding to get the smell to stimulate them. Then I offer the frozen/thawed rat that's been warmed up. They eat every time. Eventually you don't have to use it anymore.
Rat pups have worked for a few in my collection sand I’m with you Rats the way to go
What about dumbo rats? That's what I feed my snakes
We own chickens and had some chicks. I tired to feed one live to my snake when the chick was only two days old. My snake wouldn't touch it. I was sad because it would have been a cheap way to feed my snake.