hi! my name is sarah i am coming to you todayfrom pet land in pembroke pines, florida and on behalf of expertvillage.com i am goingto speak with you a little bit about choosing a pet snake. another consideration when decidingwhat kind of snake to get is what kind of prey species you are willing to feed yoursnake. ball pythons once they are older will have to eat small to medium sized rats, sometimeseven large rats depending on the size of the
live mice for snakes for sale, snake and you as an owner have to be preparedto deal with that. we do not recommend feeding your snake live rats or mice once they areup to a size to eat these prey items and steadily recommend feeding them frozen thawed ratsand mice. it is very important that you understand that you should not be feeding live mice andrats to your snake as this is a danger to
their health. live mice and rats very commonlywill turn around and bite the snake as the snake is trying to feed on it and this willcause abscesses and this cause the snake to get septic but no matter what happens if yoursnake gets bitten by a rat or a mouse, it will get very sick. there are number of differentsources to find frozen mice and rats to feed your pet snake. you can contact your reptileveterinarian, you can contact your local reptile club, you can also contact the pet store thatyou got your snake from and they may be able to find the source for frozen rodents. thegood part about feeding frozen rodents to your snake is that the freezing process willkill off any parasites and parasite eggs that
are commonly found in feeder mice and rats.if you would like to learn more about the
animal hospital that i work at you can checkat our web site at www.extracareanimalhospital.net. if you would like to learn more about petland in pembroke pines, florida you can check out their web site at www.petland.com.
