Ball Python Size ? / Food...

[Stevothompson22]

Hello guys and girls
I have a 5 month old normal female ball python she is around 69cm long. Do not know the weight sorry need to weigh her.
I was just wondering what rate they grow at?
Because I feed her a medium sized mouse Every Friday she has missed about 5 feeds sins i have has her but she seems to be growing very fast.

Also my second question is what foods would be best for her i have got.

1 day old chicks x50
Small rats x 20
Medium/large mice x 40

I have tryed to offer her a chick just to see if she would take it. but she did not seem to intrested in it but this was when she was refusing food about 2 month ago

I look forward to your comments thank you

[Gungirl]

Rats are the best choice.. Offer food 1 1/2-2 times the thickest part of your snake

[Snakefood]

yup, the longer you feed her mice, the harder it will be to switch her over to rats once she's too big for mice.

I personally don't even get why some breeders start them on mice, even right out of the egg they are big enough for rat pinks???

I do sometimes give mine chicks and rabbit pinks/fuzzy's, but just once in a while, mostly I feed rats. PS, when you feed them chickens, thier poop STINKS!!

[Stevothompson22]

Oh I dont want to be cleaning up stinky crap lol i will dispose of the chicks then haha
That's anothere thing I was going to ask but missed off my 1st post
"How often do they go to the toilet" because in the 4 month I have owned it I think it has gone 2 times and it have eaten around 8 times. I will also be getting her on rats as soon as possible but they are abit big for her at the moment. I'm not sure if they are medium rats I have ordered thanks guys use are a great help

[TalonNC]

Originally Posted by Stevothompson22

Oh I dont want to be cleaning up stinky crap lol i will dispose of the chicks then haha
That's anothere thing I was going to ask but missed off my 1st post
"How often do they go to the toilet" because in the 4 month I have owned it I think it has gone 2 times and it have eaten around 8 times. I will also be getting her on rats as soon as possible but they are abit big for her at the moment. I'm not sure if they are medium rats I have ordered thanks guys use are a great help

lucky you....

My BP(Goldie) likes to leave me Grown up man turds ever 2-3weeks

he feeds on 1 Med. Rat every other Saturday.

[Snakefood]

they all have thier differences, mine poops about every 3rd meal

[lance.schleich]

mine poops after the third meal too