every keeper knows his/her own snakes better than anyone. im sure if the snake was better off feeding passively then they would do so ! Royal pythons should not try to strike anything they feel is too big to eat. and thus leaving our far too big hands alone ! and im pretty sure they can deal with a bit of substrate. or do you think they search out plastic boxes to eat their food in the wild ? royals and most snake in general are not these fragile entities that everyone thinks of them as !
gtfo off with those tongs lol there stupid nd not neccessary if its smart enough u can put it down nd itll eat them i breed these beautiful snakes nd i got a rat snake and a corn snake nd yes i m pretty sure my females pregnet. nd i use a seprate feeding tank because it works for all of my ball pythons but 95% of the time you can use one tank nd if u handle them right never drop them and they trust you they wont strike at you not even my pregnet feelmail bites me.
@mageking5th nothing in regard to keeping snakes in necessary, my snakes are strict strike feeders, passive feeding results in 1/3 snakes fed that way refusing food in future. Separate tank feeding is an unnecessary risk with more cons than pros. and considering your grasp of the English language and buying into the most simple of snake husbandry myths if you are a breeder i don't know many people who would buy from you. Equally it's a gravid (not pregnant) female.
@chezequerz Actually if you did a little research and read up you would realize its not bullshit. Even if that wasnt true, which it is, there are other reasons you shouldnt feed them in their normal enclosures. If you do they might associate any type of movement besides themselves as food, so they are more likely to bite when trying to get them out for holding or whatever else. You didn't have to be such a douchebag to mrpimpgunn1102 either, he was just trying to help out. Grow up.
@darklynx69 thanks for your attempt at being "the bigger man" however maybe YOU should do some research, the biological make up of the digestive tract of a snake is designed to deal with substrate on the food, in the wild they don't exactly feed on rocks, it's passed harmlessly in the faecal matter. if you want i can link you a scientific study done by a registered accredited herpetologist that confirms what i have said. I have also got proof that feeding in tank is fine if you want that.
@darklynx69 oh and you can go fuck yourself the reality is that a lot of you people do the minimum amount of listening then the maximum amount of preaching.
Live feeding is not illegal in the uk, It is also not legal and is more a gray area of the law.
I dont recommend live feeding unless its life or death for a snake that hasent eaten in mounths.
Nice snake though :) my ball takes ages to strike too and nornaly eats the pray overnight. Thats maybe why people prefer corns as s beginner snake as they feed a lot easyer.
a ball python makes a great pet. The babies will sooner ball up than bite you. They're a great first snake and i personally prefer them to the alternative "first" choice which is corn snakes but then i'm really not a colubrid fan.
so yes these snakes are great pets but do your research before buying.
@razor005 yeah im getting one too, and everywhere i go to read and search about hem, it always says there nice snakes and r easy to care for rarly bite and they only get about 3 or 4 five feet, so u dont need a big tank for them
it's illegal to feed live in the UK, live feeding can cause serious damage to the animal, i am not sadistic enough to enjoy watching something die, the snake eats frozen fine.
why would i feed frozen?
as for feeding in another tank:
i don't/can't move my larger snakes and they never bite nor does my ball.
that's a myth but if we want to talk about who's dumb about you do some research before you comment again? live feeding and moving the animal are bad ideas for feeding.
because the transition back after feeding is stressful and can cause regurgitation, because he already smells food when i open that cage as my hand reaches in to pick him up or as i remove my hand after putting him down, because the digestive system has no issue with substrate it's natural for snakes to have that issue.
and because as i found out from my Burmese and Reticulated pythons the idea that another tank for feeding to stop bites is actually 24 carrot bullshit.
yeah i'm using larger at the moment for him, the shop keeper threw them in free and they're still good for hatchlings if like me you don't have a steady hand-good control. But i do agree longer would be a lot safer.
Kindly learn to spell frozen and you. I'm aware of what a pinkie is thank you very much, However what this snake is being fed is not a pinkie it's a rat put the difference is of course that one is a newborn mouse the other is a newborn rat.
do you still feed it from the cage cause damn man you know they are more prone to being extremely terrestrial due to just the feeding smarter to have a designated feeding ground like the bath tub. and that food better be live frozen is BS!!!
I have NEVER fed my ball pythons out of tub and they have NEVER shown any tub aggression whatsoever. I can even stick my face in there and kiss them right on their adorable little noses and not even a single hiss to they make. There is nothing smart about moving a snake after it eats from a "designated feeding area" because it might cause them to regurg and thats really really bad news.
@Army- Your a retard, SHUT UP. Snakes eat rodents big deal! Its nature! you eat cows and piggies right?
doesn't stop me feeding my burmese python them though
it's very cute that you like you're gerbils but you know jack shit about me to call me a fag other than that i keep an animal that eats a similar animal to the one you keep.
at which point did my video become titled "FLUFFY BABY MOUSE BECOMES CUDDLY WITH BABY SNAKE"? it didn't as you may kindly note it says "BABY BALL PYTHON FEEDING" the feeder animal IS dead and has been a while, so kindly fuck off or accept nature
i have a ball python and when i turn tha heat lamp off at night tha temp. gets to like 60! and i have a heat pad....which didnt do shit! so i got a red light for at night time..Its get around 78-79. i have heard that if it has light all tha time that it is bad for tha snake. WILL THA RED LIGHT BE OK FOR NIGHTTIME??
hehe easy on the caps mate, i don't use red lights personally but yeah that would work, snakes don't live in total darkness in the wild and i doubt BP's can see colour so it's worth getting
with ball pythons feeding outside of the home envionment can stress them out, they like 2 feed in their own teritory, as they feel safe from preditors because they are vulnurable after feeding
aspen isn't toxic if it was toxic to feed on it would be toxic to house on the risk is of impaction and my snakes have all been big enough to pass the small amounts of aspen they have accumulated at various stages
be patient they are shy snakes he took some convincing but in about a week i had him strike feeding perfectly this is from the second week i had him (about a year and a half ago)
hello iam 13 and i use to handle my snake everyday and he was tame and never bit me, but i went away for 4 weeks and i got bak to the place to pick up my snake from the peeps who were watching him and he is gone very nippy and wont even let me pick him up he hisses all the time and bites... ive bin bitten 4 times alrdy =( i miss my old pal
never deliberately drop a ball python they are terrestrial so they have a weaker skeleton than say a boa constrictor and poking them will cause high levels of stress which could also kill him
man i got mine when it was 5 weeks old not even eating yet he was smaller then a foot and skinny.i kept him in a 45 gallon tank fed him once a week but good meals a couple fuzzys and stuff.hes is now a year and 2 months hes already 3 feet and the thickness of a good size cucumber but thats mine alot opf people say hes big for his age but just set him up in a large tank keep feeding it it will grow pretty fast
actually snake feeding in the enclousure is better than feeding in a seperate box mainly due to the fact that movement after a meal causes stress. Also snakes dont associate specific areas with food and unless you smell like a mouse you wont be bitten. all my snakes are fed in the tank and i am practically never bitten its something like once for each (ironically due to the fact i fed in a spare tank and had to move him home again) if your rule applied i would have to move my burmese around
actually (and I'll post this as a reply tomorrow the iPod limits that feature) all my snakes breeders or pets are handled 3 times a week. I have nothing to fear from them. And if you mean bob when she's not being loaned to a zoo bob handlers her often and she has never shown aggresion
The snakes only a threat if its time to eat and if like any good keeper you use safety measures ure chances of incident are tiny
More people are hurt and killed by rotwielers alone
i keep not only my ball python but i also have a guyana red tail boa and a burmese python are you seriously suggesting i put my hands into the tank with a future 8 foot and future 13 foot snake that is hungry then take it to another 3x8x2 tank in order to feed it then put my hands in again to get it out whilst its in a feeding mode? i feed all mine in there tanks and not once have i been bitten as a result of attempting to handle. that theory is a myth
with large snakes its not a case of CAN feed it in its tank its a case of MUST. I dont think i have to tell u that burmese are capable of and are recorded actually managing to kill people there 90% more inclined to kill when in feeding mode than not and a feeding strike from a large red tail is no walk in the park either. But my point remains my burmese and red tail are still young and fed in there tank as is my ball python none of them ever display any signs of aggresion towards me. but thanks
wow i said for small snakes like ball pythons...or atleast when they are little to feed them in a different container i said small snakes not large and if i had a burmesse python or red tail boa i would not want to get them out of thier cage to feed them i would feed them in their viv.
lol there a bit ferocious at feeding time even now. My ball is an excellent feeder to the extent he wont pass on any meal whatsoever and he hasnt bitten me once yet when handling. Haha you wouldn't have loads of choice im afraid. But seriously dude dont buy into the myth that in cage feeding leads to aggresion its been proven false by many people including bob clark and i hope i dont need to tell you who he is lol.
haha do the words "most reknowned snake keeper and breeder in the entire world" mean much lol yeah he's an expert he has the following achievements to name a few
* sole inventor of the albino burmese strain
* inventer of almost all reticulated python morphs
* awards for best kept snakes and all of them including smaller species are fed in enclousures
oh and there's fluffy, the largest snake alive to anybodys knowledge 310lbs and over 23 feet long
Well, if you are going to get such a large snake I don't really think you are going to handle them often (if at all). So was that question rhetorical or just dumb?
actually (and I'll post this as a reply tomorrow the iPod limits that feature) all my snakes breeders or pets are handled 3 times a week. I have nothing to fear from them. And if you mean bob when she's not being loaned to a zoo bob handlers her often and she has never shown aggresion
The snakes only a threat if its time to eat and if like any good keeper you use safety measures ure chances of incident are tiny
More people are hurt and killed by rotwielers alone
i herd dat wen u feed ur snake in a seperate box then u shuld wait til the meal(, or the lump,) is 1/4 down his body or he'll regurgitate it and wont eat + he'll B stressed; sumthin 2 tink bout'
that varies on the snake both my snakes aren't stressed by me i dont handle them after feeding other than to put them back in there tanks and i have one feeding box for both my ball and my boa and ive never had either regurgitate a meal but yeah i do wait till the snake has swallowed it and then started tongue flicking and slithering around the box before i move him and when i do i use the most carefull supportive handling i can
I adopt cats from the animal shelter, then feed them to my anacondas. =) haha just playing. I have to feed my royal python live mice though. He wont even look at a mouse that is already dead even if i warm him up and crack his head open to let the snake smell the brain (i read that supposedly makes the snake really hungry)
in responce to some of u here the idea that snakes attack due to heat isnt true that is a secondary hunting sense and since i do not smell like a mouse in any way shape or form and have fed him this way in his tank for 13 months and havent been tagged once is evidence of this i attempted to feed him in a seperate tank and he attempted to tag me the second i put him down so go figure
How nice that ur bp feeds on f/t. I tried that, and mine after a few months just decided not to eat it and just bite me, the little jerk! So he hunts now.
man is he man is jus wat i cal man an is tig t an man na man man i jus say go and it man is jus man aigt goin see man jus wen is tigt an man go jus t ten tanse no notin at teh and man is just al its aigt tigh t!!!!!!!
True. Try a shoebox . The more you feed it in it's cage the worst, When you reach inside the cage to take him out, it'll think your hand is food & strike.
if it is small enough to eat pinkies, dont worry about another cage till its eating large fuzzies, most ball pythons wont eat out of there cage till then because they are to scared to un ball...
I have a pet ball python - I just got him today, actually - he is eating live right now because he was raised on them, but I'm trying to get him on pre-killed so my sister won't go spazzy over the little mice he's eating... lol
stupi british mo fuckas jesus shut the fuck up u dont no any thing bout snakes ur not saposta hold it with a thing dumb mother fucker ur saposta let it eat on its own thats how its gunna bite u
woah fuck me man ure so hardcore u can insult my 11 year old sister and myself.
pfft pathetic if u nu about snakes u would no that they hunt majorly off of heat sensing AND movement (as well as scent) the thing is called tweezers and its spelt stupid
My Opinion, handle the BP as much as you can when its little and you should be ok... but they can smell fear... do be scared especially with BP they are harmless!
Oh and another thing.... Ball pythons dont bite just for the sake of biting... I have one I feed it in its terrerium. she knows when i went to pick her up... and plus once she went to eat the mouse ass end first so: I washed my hands soap and cold water...(good Idea) and picked her up took the mouse out of her mouth and fed it to her properly... head first... they can differ scent of humans than their prey... oh and my BP eats crickets to for a snack...
I am an Idiot...??? I am just saying a that age getting bit dont hurt...but no i didnt realize it was a kid...I thought they were asian...or something...
my 11 year old sister was holding them fuck wit ive been bit by much bigger snakes than this little guy and uhh no im not asian. Also to give up on tweezers is sloppy feeding the tweezers i use are more for the snakes good more chance of him hurting his mouth if i pull away than me getting bit
i dont no again ask my sister im 17 and as i said to some other guy ive been bitten before by this snake and others including my red tail boa. and as i said above no tweezers risk the oral health of the snake
no its not true atall i have 6 royals and i feed them in tubs and ive never been tagged. after feeding leave them for a few days before handeling and yu will have no probs atall (Y)
i find with a certain amount of care i can feed him and remove him from the tank a minute later to spray the moss in the hide put the hide back and put him back again with no confrontation at all and thats with direct handling
thats not true i feed live mice to my ball python in his tank and i reach in there and pic him up all the time he has never bit me. they know a humans scent more the less the owners compared to there food. to see my python and piranhas check out my vids.
u should try feeding him live and,feed him in a different cage or,he will bite when u get him out.i just got a ball python 2 days ago when i turned 10
hehe. You're right about the separate feeding cage, it helps train the snake not to associate human handling with food and thusly will not bite whenever you put your hands in their terrarium. Feeding live however is optional, preferences vary from person to person, and even snake to snake.
herpetologists proved this theory to be wrong and biologists have proven that its not so much to do with handling these times are times where a snake is hungry, some1 has remaining scent on them from food, snake is startled, snake has not been handled very much etc. long story cut short many keepers do not use a feeding tank and never get bitten anymore than those who do and you still need to remove the serpent from the tank to put it into a feeding tank so yeah
hi, just a bit of advice but what you are feeding him in the vid is too small. you should be feeding prey as large as the snake at its widest point or a bit smaller.
i feed my hatchlings a mouse fuzzy from the egg and hoppers there on.
much respect for starting and staying with frozen thawed.
You may not want to feed him in his house. He will get used to opening the top meaning food is coming, and may mistake your hand trying to gently pick him up for food. I have a seperate feeding location for mine.
i remove the hide when i feed him this was possibly the 1 time i left it in and bp's unless desperately hungry usually wont mistake ure hand because they rely scent more than there other sences lol
no....i am not scared of snakes..... i said that cuz i had to feed mine pinkies too...but now he eating jumbo mice....and i just bought another python
nice my baby royal is a bit bigger but urs still owns mine started of on pre killed fuzzys but mine was 3 months old when i bought it off the reptile shop pre killed food is better for captive mice gd job
hehe hes grown since this video hes about 27 inchs now and on larger food now, i dont feed live coz they dont sell live mice as a food source down here and i dont wanna by 1 that was born to be a pet. better for the snake and the mouse aswell lol
Feeding live increases risk of damage to your snake as well. Also increases risk of the snake contracting parasites. Frozen/thawed is the best way to go to avoid both problems, but pre-killed is the next best thing. Good job! :)
Pre-killed is actually better than both. With feeding frozen there is always the risk of malnutrition if that is the sole source, as the frozen mouse still breaks down (even though it is slowly) inside the freezer. Also there is a very high risk of salmonella poisoning. With pre-killed they are always fresh, there is no risk of injury, and no risk of parasites.
thats bollocks nothing can rot in the freezer i have kept micefor my snake in the freezer for up to 8 months before and the snake has eaten em with no ill effects.
try feeding one snake nothing but frozen for a couple years and feed another live or pre-killed. Youll notice a huge difference in size and personality. There is a steady loss on vitamins and minerals while in the freezer. If frozen improperly, the effects can increase dramatically, especially if freezer burned.
well im telling you that what i have fed to my snake hasnt affected him what so ever, if a mouse is unedible the snake wont eat it, they are not stupid, and in the uk frozen is the only choice we get unless we choose to break the law lol
Yeah, I hate that. The law shouldnt force someone to chose the best method of feeding their pet. If you like feeding frozen, then it wont affect you. But what if youre like me and you want to feed pre-killed? With a law like that you dont even have the option. That's why Im glad I live here in the US where I can choose for myself.
Don't have to get your panties in a wade
xxFalconxx912 6 months ago
Shut up Quinn
xxFalconxx912 6 months ago
Mine is smaller than that and I feed it hoppers
xxFalconxx912 7 months ago
@xxFalconxx912 good for you d'ya want a medal? perhaps a pair of glasses would be more apt to allow you to read the video description.
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BEESnakeProductions 1 year ago
i remember mine that small...ahh they grow up so fast :'(
MieLoveSYou 1 year ago
every keeper knows his/her own snakes better than anyone. im sure if the snake was better off feeding passively then they would do so ! Royal pythons should not try to strike anything they feel is too big to eat. and thus leaving our far too big hands alone ! and im pretty sure they can deal with a bit of substrate. or do you think they search out plastic boxes to eat their food in the wild ? royals and most snake in general are not these fragile entities that everyone thinks of them as !
beefboy9500120953 1 year ago
gtfo off with those tongs lol there stupid nd not neccessary if its smart enough u can put it down nd itll eat them i breed these beautiful snakes nd i got a rat snake and a corn snake nd yes i m pretty sure my females pregnet. nd i use a seprate feeding tank because it works for all of my ball pythons but 95% of the time you can use one tank nd if u handle them right never drop them and they trust you they wont strike at you not even my pregnet feelmail bites me.
mageking5th 1 year ago
@mageking5th nothing in regard to keeping snakes in necessary, my snakes are strict strike feeders, passive feeding results in 1/3 snakes fed that way refusing food in future. Separate tank feeding is an unnecessary risk with more cons than pros. and considering your grasp of the English language and buying into the most simple of snake husbandry myths if you are a breeder i don't know many people who would buy from you. Equally it's a gravid (not pregnant) female.
chezequerz 1 year ago
@mageking5th Why did you put nd for and that is just fucking stupid. Just spell it out, I hate people like you that fucking "txt" on the computer.
Soldin354 5 months ago
A pinkie I feed mine a hopper thats prittue stupid if ur going to feeding pinkies beter feed 2 or 3
bosmike12 1 year ago
@bosmike12 read the description in the future
chezequerz 1 year ago
i wouldn't feed him in the cage because the bedding might get stuck to the pinky and he could die because they cant digest that
mrpimpgunn1102 1 year ago
@mrpimpgunn1102 that's bullshit right there
chezequerz 1 year ago
@chezequerz Actually if you did a little research and read up you would realize its not bullshit. Even if that wasnt true, which it is, there are other reasons you shouldnt feed them in their normal enclosures. If you do they might associate any type of movement besides themselves as food, so they are more likely to bite when trying to get them out for holding or whatever else. You didn't have to be such a douchebag to mrpimpgunn1102 either, he was just trying to help out. Grow up.
darklynx69 1 year ago
@darklynx69 thanks for your attempt at being "the bigger man" however maybe YOU should do some research, the biological make up of the digestive tract of a snake is designed to deal with substrate on the food, in the wild they don't exactly feed on rocks, it's passed harmlessly in the faecal matter. if you want i can link you a scientific study done by a registered accredited herpetologist that confirms what i have said. I have also got proof that feeding in tank is fine if you want that.
chezequerz 1 year ago
@darklynx69 oh and you can go fuck yourself the reality is that a lot of you people do the minimum amount of listening then the maximum amount of preaching.
chezequerz 1 year ago
Dont be so butthurt. It's just the internet :)
darklynx69 1 year ago
that a little mice
southwest333 1 year ago
@TheGeckex breeders are good if you know them but most only work on expensive morphs and not the more affordable things such as wild types
chezequerz 1 year ago
should i buy from a store or a breeder?
TheGeckex 1 year ago
@Chezequers
Live feeding is not illegal in the uk, It is also not legal and is more a gray area of the law.
I dont recommend live feeding unless its life or death for a snake that hasent eaten in mounths.
Nice snake though :) my ball takes ages to strike too and nornaly eats the pray overnight. Thats maybe why people prefer corns as s beginner snake as they feed a lot easyer.
flagthief 1 year ago
@flagthief look up the animal welfare act 2006 on the DEFRA website you will see it IS illegal to feed live vertebrate animals.
chezequerz 1 year ago
snakes like whooooooah! hey hey hey! this little thing is what you expect me to eart?! alright! lol luv bps
SGBGT 1 year ago
So are ball pythons non aggressive towards humans? I want to get one. And if i do it will be my first snake pet.
razor005 1 year ago
a ball python makes a great pet. The babies will sooner ball up than bite you. They're a great first snake and i personally prefer them to the alternative "first" choice which is corn snakes but then i'm really not a colubrid fan.
so yes these snakes are great pets but do your research before buying.
chezequerz 1 year ago
@razor005 yeah im getting one too, and everywhere i go to read and search about hem, it always says there nice snakes and r easy to care for rarly bite and they only get about 3 or 4 five feet, so u dont need a big tank for them
frankster262 1 year ago
you should feed youre ball python a live mouse and why are you feeding him in his tank u dumb shits
rocomarster 2 years ago
it's illegal to feed live in the UK, live feeding can cause serious damage to the animal, i am not sadistic enough to enjoy watching something die, the snake eats frozen fine.
why would i feed frozen?
as for feeding in another tank:
i don't/can't move my larger snakes and they never bite nor does my ball.
that's a myth but if we want to talk about who's dumb about you do some research before you comment again? live feeding and moving the animal are bad ideas for feeding.
chezequerz 2 years ago
dude why are you feeding him in his tank?
johnythanj 2 years ago
because the transition back after feeding is stressful and can cause regurgitation, because he already smells food when i open that cage as my hand reaches in to pick him up or as i remove my hand after putting him down, because the digestive system has no issue with substrate it's natural for snakes to have that issue.
and because as i found out from my Burmese and Reticulated pythons the idea that another tank for feeding to stop bites is actually 24 carrot bullshit.
chezequerz 2 years ago
is that a mojave
armyfreak12345543211 2 years ago
no he's not a morph, but i do seem to get asked that about him fairly often.
chezequerz 2 years ago
rat pup is good because some people start with mice which is a good size but wen they need bigger prey its hard to wean them to rats..
cpollock94 2 years ago
dude you need bigger feeding tongs
neeslapper101 2 years ago
yeah i'm using larger at the moment for him, the shop keeper threw them in free and they're still good for hatchlings if like me you don't have a steady hand-good control. But i do agree longer would be a lot safer.
chezequerz 2 years ago
I'm getting a baby ball python that was born in april in roughly 32 hours :D
MarsBeeEater 2 years ago
wy pinkes i thought u go straght to hoppers
cornsnakekid2 2 years ago
it's not a pinky it's a rat pup
chezequerz 2 years ago
@chezequerz WAT A FUCKIN RETARD A PINKIE IS A TYPE OF FROZRN MOUSE U FEED SNAKES UYOU DUMB ASS
kadyn96b 2 years ago
Kindly learn to spell frozen and you. I'm aware of what a pinkie is thank you very much, However what this snake is being fed is not a pinkie it's a rat put the difference is of course that one is a newborn mouse the other is a newborn rat.
chezequerz 2 years ago
pup*
chezequerz 2 years ago
love the python but next time hold the prey by the tail so the snake doesnt have to strike at tongs
fatcobra93 2 years ago 4
does it ever try to bite you?
nataliewheeleryo 2 years ago
no he's very even tempered but i have made a few small errors over the years that have gotten me bitten.
chezequerz 2 years ago
do you still feed it from the cage cause damn man you know they are more prone to being extremely terrestrial due to just the feeding smarter to have a designated feeding ground like the bath tub. and that food better be live frozen is BS!!!
coopergeet 2 years ago
yes.
territorial=defensive
terrestrial=ground dwelling
and no live feeding is illegal beside anything else here
chezequerz 2 years ago
why were u feeding him pinkies? they can eat hoppers as soon as they hatch
biglarry345 2 years ago
it's not a pinkie it's a rat pup which is an adequate meal for a newborn but if you read the description he was being upgraded that week anyway.
chezequerz 2 years ago
it's a rat pup not a pinkie
chezequerz 2 years ago
I have NEVER fed my ball pythons out of tub and they have NEVER shown any tub aggression whatsoever. I can even stick my face in there and kiss them right on their adorable little noses and not even a single hiss to they make. There is nothing smart about moving a snake after it eats from a "designated feeding area" because it might cause them to regurg and thats really really bad news.
@Army- Your a retard, SHUT UP. Snakes eat rodents big deal! Its nature! you eat cows and piggies right?
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big but i have nine baby gerbils fag
armymandavidson 2 years ago
and i keep rabbits
doesn't stop me feeding my burmese python them though
it's very cute that you like you're gerbils but you know jack shit about me to call me a fag other than that i keep an animal that eats a similar animal to the one you keep.
at which point did my video become titled "FLUFFY BABY MOUSE BECOMES CUDDLY WITH BABY SNAKE"? it didn't as you may kindly note it says "BABY BALL PYTHON FEEDING" the feeder animal IS dead and has been a while, so kindly fuck off or accept nature
chezequerz 2 years ago 2
and for the record when i say feeding my burmese python "them" i mean frozen rabbits i buy and not the rabbits we keep
chezequerz 2 years ago
dude your snakes way to big for that mouse!!! your suppose to feed it stuff about as big as the largest part of his body
muthafukazstrapen 3 years ago
i feel this is a good time to remind all posters that there IS in fact a description mentioning and that this IS over a year old now
chezequerz 3 years ago
i have a ball python and when i turn tha heat lamp off at night tha temp. gets to like 60! and i have a heat pad....which didnt do shit! so i got a red light for at night time..Its get around 78-79. i have heard that if it has light all tha time that it is bad for tha snake. WILL THA RED LIGHT BE OK FOR NIGHTTIME??
pythondude69 3 years ago
hehe easy on the caps mate, i don't use red lights personally but yeah that would work, snakes don't live in total darkness in the wild and i doubt BP's can see colour so it's worth getting
ure alternatives are warmer room+heat pad
new heat pad
different tank type that retains heat
chezequerz 3 years ago
how big does a ball python need to be to eat small mice because i just got one. (please reply)....
reptileking900 3 years ago
no they dont in the wild if they where a baby and they found a full grown girbilethey would eat it but just feed a fuzzy/hopper
reptileguy100 3 years ago
okay thanks 4 the info..
reptileking900 3 years ago
the rulee is the biggest part of his body
zeroskater97 3 years ago
dont feed in his own enclosure. take them out.
richnea1 3 years ago 2
stop moving the food away god some people cant care for their snakes!
HCExotics 3 years ago
bigger mouse
Georgtengar 3 years ago
man this mouse isn't even as big as the head of your snake! feed him with appropriately sized rats!
germanhachiroku 3 years ago
beutiful snake i have one check out my vids
gamowhisper101 3 years ago
the pinky way 2 small for the puthon he need a mouse
travislaw99 3 years ago
read the info ;)
mcmak666 3 years ago
ok but it better to feed him out of his viv
travislaw99 3 years ago
with ball pythons feeding outside of the home envionment can stress them out, they like 2 feed in their own teritory, as they feel safe from preditors because they are vulnurable after feeding
mcmak666 3 years ago
no it better to feed them out of the viv in a box so it know when it is time to feed and donot go for you
travislaw99 3 years ago
strange fluffy has fed in his enclosure for his entire life and excluding post feeding he has never bitten me
chezequerz 3 years ago
dont feeed him a pinky he needs a mouse
rtgiardino1 3 years ago
how much did he cost?
champunito2 3 years ago
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dont use aspin it kills the snake if it gets in its boby
muffdady2 3 years ago
well i was watching ur vids and u told me to use aspen in my enclosures
xxcjlxx 3 years ago
dont feed in aspen you can use it... Its by when they swallow it.
CrackStem08 3 years ago
no thats cedar it has harmful chemicels
killajuggaloz5 3 years ago
you shouldnt feed him it that aspen its toxic for the snake
CrackStem08 3 years ago
no thats cedar and pine
leopardgeckoking444 3 years ago
aspen isn't toxic if it was toxic to feed on it would be toxic to house on the risk is of impaction and my snakes have all been big enough to pass the small amounts of aspen they have accumulated at various stages
chezequerz 3 years ago
how did u get him to strike feed or has he always been like tht? and wht age
bLaZzINgBliZz 3 years ago
be patient they are shy snakes he took some convincing but in about a week i had him strike feeding perfectly this is from the second week i had him (about a year and a half ago)
chezequerz 3 years ago
hello iam 13 and i use to handle my snake everyday and he was tame and never bit me, but i went away for 4 weeks and i got bak to the place to pick up my snake from the peeps who were watching him and he is gone very nippy and wont even let me pick him up he hisses all the time and bites... ive bin bitten 4 times alrdy =( i miss my old pal
2pacwigga 3 years ago
you need to handle him some more then. Ask what your friends did to him
ikermalli 3 years ago
i asked there were pokin him and they dropped him... iam very mad my poor snake =( i must make him trust me again
2pacwigga 3 years ago
never deliberately drop a ball python they are terrestrial so they have a weaker skeleton than say a boa constrictor and poking them will cause high levels of stress which could also kill him
chezequerz 3 years ago
cool, im gettn a baby ball python tommorow, how long should it take for it to reach 1.5 feet or so
alexflusche15 3 years ago
man i got mine when it was 5 weeks old not even eating yet he was smaller then a foot and skinny.i kept him in a 45 gallon tank fed him once a week but good meals a couple fuzzys and stuff.hes is now a year and 2 months hes already 3 feet and the thickness of a good size cucumber but thats mine alot opf people say hes big for his age but just set him up in a large tank keep feeding it it will grow pretty fast
1983cr125 3 years ago
your gonna put your snakes eye out with those tongs
jhubbard1982 3 years ago
how big would a 1 1/2 year old ball python be?
free2fartt 3 years ago
around like 1.8-2f maybe? i got a 1 1/2 year old =P
BIGben959 3 years ago
kinda small meal for that snake. the rodent should be roughly the same size as the largest section on the snakes body.
pitshants 3 years ago
"he recently moved onto biger prey than this but these where left overs and he got a snack as a result"-video description
chezequerz 3 years ago
dude ur not suposed to feed them in there cage
imgoodproductions 3 years ago
actually snake feeding in the enclousure is better than feeding in a seperate box mainly due to the fact that movement after a meal causes stress. Also snakes dont associate specific areas with food and unless you smell like a mouse you wont be bitten. all my snakes are fed in the tank and i am practically never bitten its something like once for each (ironically due to the fact i fed in a spare tank and had to move him home again) if your rule applied i would have to move my burmese around
chezequerz 3 years ago
which im sure you should know is completely inappropriate not too mention dangerous balls are no risk and i am never tagged by him
chezequerz 3 years ago
actually (and I'll post this as a reply tomorrow the iPod limits that feature) all my snakes breeders or pets are handled 3 times a week. I have nothing to fear from them. And if you mean bob when she's not being loaned to a zoo bob handlers her often and she has never shown aggresion
The snakes only a threat if its time to eat and if like any good keeper you use safety measures ure chances of incident are tiny
More people are hurt and killed by rotwielers alone
chezequerz 3 years ago
hey dude is it better to feed them in a seprate container
ballpythonfinaticsk8 4 years ago
yeah if you continue to feed he/she in its viv then when you go to take him/her out it will bite you
youwastemytime 4 years ago
ballpythonfinaticsk8 & youwastemytime:
i keep not only my ball python but i also have a guyana red tail boa and a burmese python are you seriously suggesting i put my hands into the tank with a future 8 foot and future 13 foot snake that is hungry then take it to another 3x8x2 tank in order to feed it then put my hands in again to get it out whilst its in a feeding mode? i feed all mine in there tanks and not once have i been bitten as a result of attempting to handle. that theory is a myth
chezequerz 3 years ago
well if your snake is that big then you can feed it in the viv but small snakes such as balls and corns and such you can..
youwastemytime 3 years ago
with large snakes its not a case of CAN feed it in its tank its a case of MUST. I dont think i have to tell u that burmese are capable of and are recorded actually managing to kill people there 90% more inclined to kill when in feeding mode than not and a feeding strike from a large red tail is no walk in the park either. But my point remains my burmese and red tail are still young and fed in there tank as is my ball python none of them ever display any signs of aggresion towards me. but thanks
chezequerz 3 years ago
wow i said for small snakes like ball pythons...or atleast when they are little to feed them in a different container i said small snakes not large and if i had a burmesse python or red tail boa i would not want to get them out of thier cage to feed them i would feed them in their viv.
youwastemytime 3 years ago
lol there a bit ferocious at feeding time even now. My ball is an excellent feeder to the extent he wont pass on any meal whatsoever and he hasnt bitten me once yet when handling. Haha you wouldn't have loads of choice im afraid. But seriously dude dont buy into the myth that in cage feeding leads to aggresion its been proven false by many people including bob clark and i hope i dont need to tell you who he is lol.
chezequerz 3 years ago
bob clark...ill pretend i know him lol jk hes like an expert with snakes right?wildlife exceutive or something
youwastemytime 3 years ago
haha do the words "most reknowned snake keeper and breeder in the entire world" mean much lol yeah he's an expert he has the following achievements to name a few
* sole inventor of the albino burmese strain
* inventer of almost all reticulated python morphs
* awards for best kept snakes and all of them including smaller species are fed in enclousures
oh and there's fluffy, the largest snake alive to anybodys knowledge 310lbs and over 23 feet long
his snakes sell for thousands
chezequerz 3 years ago
holy shit...
youwastemytime 3 years ago
new world record for largest snake is a burm python that is a little over 49 ft long and over 900 lbs in indonesia.
Jonny4201984 3 years ago
Well, if you are going to get such a large snake I don't really think you are going to handle them often (if at all). So was that question rhetorical or just dumb?
Genoc1d3r 3 years ago
actually (and I'll post this as a reply tomorrow the iPod limits that feature) all my snakes breeders or pets are handled 3 times a week. I have nothing to fear from them. And if you mean bob when she's not being loaned to a zoo bob handlers her often and she has never shown aggresion
The snakes only a threat if its time to eat and if like any good keeper you use safety measures ure chances of incident are tiny
More people are hurt and killed by rotwielers alone
chezequerz 3 years ago
____CAN!!____ be true
cdlabelsideilive 3 years ago
hey dude is it better to feed them in a seprate container
ballpythonfinaticsk8 4 years ago
finally another person with a heart. kudos for feeding him frozen/thawed mice
chelseamae23 4 years ago
hehe yeah its illegal to do otherwise here and i dont wanna feed live due to the risks lol
chezequerz 4 years ago
i herd dat wen u feed ur snake in a seperate box then u shuld wait til the meal(, or the lump,) is 1/4 down his body or he'll regurgitate it and wont eat + he'll B stressed; sumthin 2 tink bout'
gekperson 4 years ago
that varies on the snake both my snakes aren't stressed by me i dont handle them after feeding other than to put them back in there tanks and i have one feeding box for both my ball and my boa and ive never had either regurgitate a meal but yeah i do wait till the snake has swallowed it and then started tongue flicking and slithering around the box before i move him and when i do i use the most carefull supportive handling i can
chezequerz 4 years ago
I adopt cats from the animal shelter, then feed them to my anacondas. =) haha just playing. I have to feed my royal python live mice though. He wont even look at a mouse that is already dead even if i warm him up and crack his head open to let the snake smell the brain (i read that supposedly makes the snake really hungry)
entfy 4 years ago 3
u tried simulating movement? after heating the mouse up mine wont do anything unless i convince him its actually walking around in ther
chezequerz 4 years ago
in responce to some of u here the idea that snakes attack due to heat isnt true that is a secondary hunting sense and since i do not smell like a mouse in any way shape or form and have fed him this way in his tank for 13 months and havent been tagged once is evidence of this i attempted to feed him in a seperate tank and he attempted to tag me the second i put him down so go figure
chezequerz 4 years ago
yeh but y do u think BPs hav heat sensors on ther upper lip? it helps them find food easier duh
gekperson 4 years ago
so do ears on a human but would we hunt down everything just based on sound rather than sight? heat sensory is a SECONDARY sense
chezequerz 4 years ago
How nice that ur bp feeds on f/t. I tried that, and mine after a few months just decided not to eat it and just bite me, the little jerk! So he hunts now.
Guyverunit3 4 years ago
thanks for feeding him frozen/thawed you are a good snake owner
eviljokar 4 years ago
why did you get negative response? what he says is true. frozen thawed is good.
mmamaster971 4 years ago
lol i hate using tweezers for that job. it scares me when it strikes. i asked my mom for barbace tweezer thingys. i havent got them yet :(
FindYourFaith 4 years ago
u should feed him in a seperate cage
it might think ur hand is food wen u reach in 2 take him out
just some advice
Snakess4life 4 years ago
man is he man is jus wat i cal man an is tig t an man na man man i jus say go and it man is jus man aigt goin see man jus wen is tigt an man go jus t ten tanse no notin at teh and man is just al its aigt tigh t!!!!!!!
BoombaBoombaBoomba 4 years ago
what the fuck are you saying dude
k419554 4 years ago
True. Try a shoebox . The more you feed it in it's cage the worst, When you reach inside the cage to take him out, it'll think your hand is food & strike.
negritabxtch 4 years ago 2
that's a myth.
And most BPs won't eat out of a tight place(a.k.a their cages)
Nacho773 4 years ago
if it is small enough to eat pinkies, dont worry about another cage till its eating large fuzzies, most ball pythons wont eat out of there cage till then because they are to scared to un ball...
BADTimmyD 4 years ago
I have a pet ball python - I just got him today, actually - he is eating live right now because he was raised on them, but I'm trying to get him on pre-killed so my sister won't go spazzy over the little mice he's eating... lol
pinkp00del 4 years ago
stupi british mo fuckas jesus shut the fuck up u dont no any thing bout snakes ur not saposta hold it with a thing dumb mother fucker ur saposta let it eat on its own thats how its gunna bite u
TyGeeee 4 years ago
woah fuck me man ure so hardcore u can insult my 11 year old sister and myself.
pfft pathetic if u nu about snakes u would no that they hunt majorly off of heat sensing AND movement (as well as scent) the thing is called tweezers and its spelt stupid
chezequerz 4 years ago
My Opinion, handle the BP as much as you can when its little and you should be ok... but they can smell fear... do be scared especially with BP they are harmless!
RickProvost 4 years ago
Oh and another thing.... Ball pythons dont bite just for the sake of biting... I have one I feed it in its terrerium. she knows when i went to pick her up... and plus once she went to eat the mouse ass end first so: I washed my hands soap and cold water...(good Idea) and picked her up took the mouse out of her mouth and fed it to her properly... head first... they can differ scent of humans than their prey... oh and my BP eats crickets to for a snack...
RickProvost 4 years ago
Shaky much...are you scared....lol c'mon look at its size...give up the tweezers!!!
RickProvost 4 years ago
UR an IDIOT cant u tell its a kid and if u have the tongs why not use them otherwise when its bigger its teeth are bigger so it hurts more
h8er4eva 4 years ago
I am an Idiot...??? I am just saying a that age getting bit dont hurt...but no i didnt realize it was a kid...I thought they were asian...or something...
RickProvost 4 years ago
racist? or just an unfortunate comment either way unpleaseant
h8er4eva 4 years ago
my 11 year old sister was holding them fuck wit ive been bit by much bigger snakes than this little guy and uhh no im not asian. Also to give up on tweezers is sloppy feeding the tweezers i use are more for the snakes good more chance of him hurting his mouth if i pull away than me getting bit
chezequerz 4 years ago
i dont no again ask my sister im 17 and as i said to some other guy ive been bitten before by this snake and others including my red tail boa. and as i said above no tweezers risk the oral health of the snake
chezequerz 4 years ago
no its not true atall i have 6 royals and i feed them in tubs and ive never been tagged. after feeding leave them for a few days before handeling and yu will have no probs atall (Y)
bazrat69 4 years ago
i find with a certain amount of care i can feed him and remove him from the tank a minute later to spray the moss in the hide put the hide back and put him back again with no confrontation at all and thats with direct handling
chezequerz 4 years ago
thats not true i feed live mice to my ball python in his tank and i reach in there and pic him up all the time he has never bit me. they know a humans scent more the less the owners compared to there food. to see my python and piranhas check out my vids.
laurendinick 4 years ago
umm you should put him in a feeding tank, otherwise he will think everytime you come into the tank its food and bite you
donmoobie 4 years ago
I leave the pinkie in there, he goes after it.
danecook321 4 years ago
u should try feeding him live and,feed him in a different cage or,he will bite when u get him out.i just got a ball python 2 days ago when i turned 10
caperton22 4 years ago
So that explains why you are a moron who thinks he knows what hes talking about...
JoeysTheMan54 4 years ago
hehe. You're right about the separate feeding cage, it helps train the snake not to associate human handling with food and thusly will not bite whenever you put your hands in their terrarium. Feeding live however is optional, preferences vary from person to person, and even snake to snake.
Pillowchii 4 years ago
herpetologists proved this theory to be wrong and biologists have proven that its not so much to do with handling these times are times where a snake is hungry, some1 has remaining scent on them from food, snake is startled, snake has not been handled very much etc. long story cut short many keepers do not use a feeding tank and never get bitten anymore than those who do and you still need to remove the serpent from the tank to put it into a feeding tank so yeah
chezequerz 4 years ago
hi, just a bit of advice but what you are feeding him in the vid is too small. you should be feeding prey as large as the snake at its widest point or a bit smaller.
i feed my hatchlings a mouse fuzzy from the egg and hoppers there on.
much respect for starting and staying with frozen thawed.
urottendj 4 years ago
You may not want to feed him in his house. He will get used to opening the top meaning food is coming, and may mistake your hand trying to gently pick him up for food. I have a seperate feeding location for mine.
cobayn 4 years ago
i remove the hide when i feed him this was possibly the 1 time i left it in and bp's unless desperately hungry usually wont mistake ure hand because they rely scent more than there other sences lol
chezequerz 4 years ago
my friend got a king cobra
crimeclub22 4 years ago
if u own a snake like that u probably deserve to be bitten
chezequerz 4 years ago
i was shaking the 2nd time i fed my new one, fed him for the forth today, first time for a silly reason i thought he'd slide up and grav it lmao
JUST1MORECUT 4 years ago
no....i am not scared of snakes..... i said that cuz i had to feed mine pinkies too...but now he eating jumbo mice....and i just bought another python
Joey4266 4 years ago
reminds me of wat i did whenh i first got my baby
Joey4266 4 years ago
o rite what did u do lol flinch?
chezequerz 4 years ago
hold the mouse by the tail nd dangle it so the snake can see it and duznt bite the tweezers
sanbruno650 4 years ago
nice my baby royal is a bit bigger but urs still owns mine started of on pre killed fuzzys but mine was 3 months old when i bought it off the reptile shop pre killed food is better for captive mice gd job
kylelyttle00 4 years ago
hehe hes grown since this video hes about 27 inchs now and on larger food now, i dont feed live coz they dont sell live mice as a food source down here and i dont wanna by 1 that was born to be a pet. better for the snake and the mouse aswell lol
chezequerz 4 years ago
Feeding live increases risk of damage to your snake as well. Also increases risk of the snake contracting parasites. Frozen/thawed is the best way to go to avoid both problems, but pre-killed is the next best thing. Good job! :)
LukaTisus 4 years ago
Pre-killed is actually better than both. With feeding frozen there is always the risk of malnutrition if that is the sole source, as the frozen mouse still breaks down (even though it is slowly) inside the freezer. Also there is a very high risk of salmonella poisoning. With pre-killed they are always fresh, there is no risk of injury, and no risk of parasites.
JoeysTheMan54 4 years ago
thats bollocks nothing can rot in the freezer i have kept micefor my snake in the freezer for up to 8 months before and the snake has eaten em with no ill effects.
Heatseeker872591 4 years ago
try feeding one snake nothing but frozen for a couple years and feed another live or pre-killed. Youll notice a huge difference in size and personality. There is a steady loss on vitamins and minerals while in the freezer. If frozen improperly, the effects can increase dramatically, especially if freezer burned.
JoeysTheMan54 4 years ago
well im telling you that what i have fed to my snake hasnt affected him what so ever, if a mouse is unedible the snake wont eat it, they are not stupid, and in the uk frozen is the only choice we get unless we choose to break the law lol
Heatseeker872591 4 years ago
Yeah, I hate that. The law shouldnt force someone to chose the best method of feeding their pet. If you like feeding frozen, then it wont affect you. But what if youre like me and you want to feed pre-killed? With a law like that you dont even have the option. That's why Im glad I live here in the US where I can choose for myself.
JoeysTheMan54 4 years ago