For picky ball pythons
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:21 am
Hi all, I'm sure many of us keep ball pythons, they've become as popular as the bearded dragon in the reptile industry. Well known for being picky eaters at times, they're the pickiest when first born. They have a favorite though, the African soft furred rat is part of their natural diet in the wild. Very few will refuse these. Having horrific allergies and never being able to tolerate rodents, I stopped breeding rats a long time ago. Then I discovered these. They're absolutely odorless, don't get huge (an adult is about the size of your standard fare pet shop small rat) and don't give me allergies.
Being rats they eat anything. They get leftover skink food in addition to a wide variety of whatever I've got around. My skinks eagerly accept the pinks and fuzzies, I give my females a few when gravid and after birthing for some calcium/whole animal protein. I know. They're cute. But so are my snakes. And these rats bite. Their cuteness fades fast once one nails you.
Being rats they eat anything. They get leftover skink food in addition to a wide variety of whatever I've got around. My skinks eagerly accept the pinks and fuzzies, I give my females a few when gravid and after birthing for some calcium/whole animal protein. I know. They're cute. But so are my snakes. And these rats bite. Their cuteness fades fast once one nails you.