New here so I figured Id post some of my Ball Pythons
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quick question, the one I got doesn't take F/T prey even when I pithed its brain cavity, any other tactics I could try/
Love your collection, I have my own small menagerie started up ....
methos - why not offer live and monitor the feeding so the snake doesn't get hurt? It's not bad for the snake.
Either way if you really want to switch over, try progressing it from full on live to frozen thawed by perhaps converting slowly, maybe a bonked mouse the first week, but still alive, and then maybe a bonked mouse barely moving and then maybe a prekilled mouse for a while and slowly convert to frozen thaw.
methos - why not offer live and monitor the feeding so the snake doesn't get hurt? It's not bad for the snake.
Either way if you really want to switch over, try progressing it from full on live to frozen thawed by perhaps converting slowly, maybe a bonked mouse the first week, but still alive, and then maybe a bonked mouse barely moving and then maybe a prekilled mouse for a while and slowly convert to frozen thaw.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/member.php?93647-Boostedneon04Boostedneon, you've got one attractive set of balls. One day, I hope to get my hands on ones as nice as yours.
Its impossible to find live Prey here in my area, no stores that cater to reptile owners at all and the only place nearby that sales rats of any kind alive is Petco and the one here monitors who gets them and how often because they don't want them used as feeders
What morphs are numbers 2 & 4?
#2 looks like a normal to my half trained eye. #4 looks like it may be a Fire, nice blushing... though eaither of them may be Black Pastel, pics are sometimes hard to tell...
Nice combination of Dom / Co-Dom (Incomplete Dom) and Recessives. Are you breeding them? I'd be shocked if you aren't with that collection. I'd be interested to see a list of all 25 and to hear what pairings you are making.
I have 1.0 Pastel (shopping for a Super Pastel to replace him) and 0.4 Pinstripe, Butter, Black Pastel & Super Pastel...
Methos, it's sometimes very difficult to get some BPs to take F/T. Ensuring the rat/mouse is good and warm is important. Put it in a sealed ziplock and soak it in hot water, do not wet the rat/mouse. Cracking it's skull open to allow the scent of brain to ooze out also helps... But sometimes you come across that stubborn BP that just won't eat F/T...
#2 looks like a normal to my half trained eye. #4 looks like it may be a Fire, nice blushing... though eaither of them may be Black Pastel, pics are sometimes hard to tell...
Nice combination of Dom / Co-Dom (Incomplete Dom) and Recessives. Are you breeding them? I'd be shocked if you aren't with that collection. I'd be interested to see a list of all 25 and to hear what pairings you are making.
I have 1.0 Pastel (shopping for a Super Pastel to replace him) and 0.4 Pinstripe, Butter, Black Pastel & Super Pastel...
Methos, it's sometimes very difficult to get some BPs to take F/T. Ensuring the rat/mouse is good and warm is important. Put it in a sealed ziplock and soak it in hot water, do not wet the rat/mouse. Cracking it's skull open to allow the scent of brain to ooze out also helps... But sometimes you come across that stubborn BP that just won't eat F/T...
Trust me, me and my Fiancee are thinking the same thing. Once we get our home later this year, we are really thinking of applying some of my VA Loan towards a store
spider,cinny,albino het pied,cinny,pinstripe,low white pied,bumblebee,high white pied,pastel albino,lemon blast, bumblebee mojave,bumblebee,killerbee,normal,bumblebee mojave. That is from top to bottom each snake i posted in order. Ive been breeding bps a good portion of my life as well as rat breeding.
This is my stock right now
5 female Pastels
5 females 1 maleCinnys
1 male 1 female 100 Het pied
1 maleLemon Blast
1 female Killerbee
1 female Pinstripe
4 female Normals
1 female Albino
1 female het albino
1 male lw 1 female hw Pied
1 female bumblebee mojave
This is the snake room
This is my stock right now
5 female Pastels
5 females 1 maleCinnys
1 male 1 female 100 Het pied
1 maleLemon Blast
1 female Killerbee
1 female Pinstripe
4 female Normals
1 female Albino
1 female het albino
1 male lw 1 female hw Pied
1 female bumblebee mojave
This is the snake room