I have a Ball Python--Woo Hoo!

[Big Mike]

I got a normal male ball python yesterday from Damien Aube at AK Exotics...check it out
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/295bp03-med.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/2/295bp01-med.jpg

[Big Mike]

He is a little dark but not as dark as the pictures show

[Jeff_Favelle]

Awesome!! Looks like a beauty!!

:D

[Linds]

Congrats! :)

[J.J.]

Cute! Congrats!

[corr]

Congrats Mike!

[sSNAKESs.com]

very cool!! you will enjoy him! :)

[Jeff_Favelle]

Upon further inspection, keep that thing warm and humid with access to lots of water and food!! It looks dehydrated and underfed. Hopefully it'll come around. With TLC, is SHOULD be ok.

[Big Mike]

Thanks everyone...I know he's a runt of a BP but I will be trying to fatten him up.

[Wrath]

i was going to ask why he was so skinny, but hes cute!

[josefg]

Congrats Mike!!

[McPatch]

Don't worry Mike i have a ball that i got off Damien to.It took about a week of good temp and available water.At the end of the week it ate for me and has been a pig since.

[Big Mike]

Thanks

[Big Mike]

Well it took 3 attempts but he ate a fuzzy one week after I brought him home.

I have never wittnesed a ball eat before so I don't know if this is normal.
He constricted the mouse and pushed it into his mouth with his body...OK that's normal...then when it was in the back of his mouth / front of his neck he lifted his head and neck straight above himself and waived his head around seemingly using gravity to help swallow his prey. This went on for a few minutes...it was very funny but I didn't know if I should be worried or not. The fuzzy was not quite as big around as his body but his neck is significantly smaller than his stomach.

[Joe]

congrats!!

[McPatch]

Good to hear Mike. Told ya it would be about a week

[.Dexter.]

yes Mike thats perfectly normal :)

[aaron]

My ball "stands" up like that too when he swallows, no matter how big or small his prey is!

aaron

[Big Mike]

Just like a little Rory Calhoun...

Thanks

[nighter628]

Yeah, my new ball puts her head end the air when shes eatting, she ate at my first attempt, 2 days after I got her, I was proud hehe.

[katey]

Originally posted by Big Mike
Well it took 3 attempts but he ate a fuzzy one week after I brought him home.

I have never wittnesed a ball eat before so I don't know if this is normal.
He constricted the mouse and pushed it into his mouth with his body...OK that's normal...then when it was in the back of his mouth / front of his neck he lifted his head and neck straight above himself and waived his head around seemingly using gravity to help swallow his prey. This went on for a few minutes...it was very funny but I didn't know if I should be worried or not. The fuzzy was not quite as big around as his body but his neck is significantly smaller than his stomach.

My ball pythons do that to so I wouldn't worry about it, seems to be a normal part of thier swallowing routine :)

kate

[Lisa]

Originally posted by Big Mike
Well it took 3 attempts but he ate a fuzzy one week after I brought him home.

I have never wittnesed a ball eat before so I don't know if this is normal.
He constricted the mouse and pushed it into his mouth with his body...OK that's normal...then when it was in the back of his mouth / front of his neck he lifted his head and neck straight above himself and waived his head around seemingly using gravity to help swallow his prey. This went on for a few minutes...it was very funny but I didn't know if I should be worried or not. The fuzzy was not quite as big around as his body but his neck is significantly smaller than his stomach.


that's normal. here's a photo of natasha doing exactly that

http://snakes.lexxdog.com/natasha/rat-2.jpg

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ummm...I hope you mean a fuzzy rat. Because a baby Ball Python can be started on adult mice right away.

[Big Mike]

Well, I have feed him two fuzzy/hopper mice. I will be moving him up to bigger mice as soon as I can. He would not eat frozen or even stunned/fresh killed so I was trying live (just to get him eating). I did not want to give him a live mouse that was to big to handle as he still has a timid feeding response.

Any good tips on getting him on f/t mice?

[tex_01]

looks nice

[Jeromerules]

Nice. I live in edmonton. Is AK exotics a pet store or what?? I would really like to buy a ball but I can't get a hold of damien. I will try again I guess