What size food item?

[Bling_my_leo]

From now to August 31 I will be asking alot of questions and making a few threads. Okay, What size mouse should I feed my BP? I will be buying a few (say 20 or 30) frozen mice (or whatever size he needs) at the expo. A guy will be selling frozen rodents.

Thank you.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

I forgot to add, he will be a hatchling, maybe three (give or take) weeks old.

 

[Morph]

i'd say a hopper size! cant wait to see him

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Thank you. I will show pics when I get him!

 

[Morph]

he'll grow fast lol i remember going from hoppers and one day i was on giant rats lol i was like wtf

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Haha. Wait, so when my male gets full grown, he will have to feed on full grown rats?! Oh my word.

I have a question... Can my male BP live in a 20 gallon long it's whole life?

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Now that I have been thinking, I think I want a corn snake. I have been doing my research on corns for a few months now. I have always wanted a corn too. They coem in all types of colors, and perfect lenght when full grown for me.

I think I am going to buy a corn at the expo. Most likly, that's what I'll end up with.

Thanks to everyone who has hepled me out.

 

[LeopardGeckoMom52688]

20 gallons is a little small. I moved mine once he was as long as the whole tank. If you plan on breeding, then a 55 gallon should be fine for both the male and female.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Okay, thanks. Like I said before, I am going to buy myself a corn snake.

Thanks anyways.

 

[DillanSimpson]

Heck no a ball python only needs when he is adult is 1 to 2 small rats or 2 to 3 xl mice.A male adult male well only get 3ish to 4ish feet.

 

[Morph]

my female is 5 feet and eats jumbo rats once every two weeks. yes you can feed multiple little ones but i prefer one larger one. she has never had a problem eating them and her scales have never been stretched or messed up because of it.

 

[Morph]

if you do get a male though he will most likely be in the 3 to 3 feet size. my friend has a male thats four feet and he feeds him large rats.

 

[Morph]

oh one last thing lol sorry but i keep having thoughts after im finished posting lol

the reason i stick with the larger rats is because i dont wanna deal with blood oozing out of the mice lol even if i kill the mice before hand my python still wants to wrap around it and squeeze it like crazy...and since there so small makes them bleed from every possible spot kinda graphic. i have no problem with the larger size ones. ok thats all lol

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Okay. Thanks.

Well, acpart just offered me a 40 gallon, bow front tank for only $40. The thing I want to know if I can put a uth under that tank. A ball could fit perfectly in a 40 gallon bow front tank. The measurments of that tank are 35" long, 17" deep and 20" tall. Do you think I should buy a normal ball python just to fill up this tank? I don't know if my mom would let me get another snake. She is paying for the corn snake, I know that. So I would pay for the tank, the ball, and the frozen prey for the two of them. Yes, there will be a vendor at the show that will be selling frozen prey items.

It's just I have not done alot of studing on the ball python..... So I don't know much about them. I could always try to get a nelson's milk instead or somthing. But I don't know. Cause a milk can fit in a 40 gallon bow front too......

I don't know...

What should I do??

 

[Bling_my_leo]

I could also get another corn snake. My mom would pay for one corn (a candy cane) and I could pay for the other corn that I akso wanted; a butter or a butter stripe. I could also get a snow or a amel, they are pretty cheap. I already know the care of a corn snake and everything. I am going to try to convinse my mom to let me get another corn snake. If I do so, all I would need is a uth. I can make every thing else, just like I did with my other future corns setup.

Acapt said that I would prob have to redo the top of the tank if I was to put a snake in it. A snake could escape....

I's just, I don't know where in my bedroom I could fit another long/large tank to. My room is so crowded with six other tanks, my bed, a dresser and a stand. I really have no place for another tank. Maybe I could convinse my mom to let me put the tank with the other corn out in the living room (really no space out their either....... Hmm....... I don't know what to do!!! Help!!!!

 

[Morph]

couldnt you put the corns together ? in the one tank. i want a candy cane as well but cant find any in my area the thing i like about pythons more is there not so spastic lol the first corn i had wouldnt stop slithering everywhere!

 

[Morph]

oh and the python would be just fine in the 40 gallon

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Hmm. Nope, you can't house corns together. I'm getting my corn(s) from J&J Reptiles. The candy canes are $25 each, butters are $35 each and amels are $25 each. I know, corns are the "on the go" snakes. They can't stay still.

I would like to get a ball, but I have not done alot or research on them, and plus, their food items are to big. Could a adult male eat hoppers all his life, like a few hoppers each feeding?

What size mouse/mice would a young (hatchling) need to eat? Mice??

Thank you.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Who knows, I may end up buying that tank from acpart and getting ball and a corn snake. I would need another uth (like a big one). I don't know how much that would be........

How much would a 40 gallon tank uth cost me at a show or in a pet store?

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Now I am thinking about buying a ball and my mom buying the corn snake. I don't know. The thing that gets me, is I have not done alot of research on balls. I don't want to have the ball in the wrong temps, setup because I didn't have nough time to research on them.......

What should I do??