Larger ball pythons typically eat larger mice or rats. Selecting prey for a ball python. As a general rule, you should select a rodent that is 1 to 1.25 times the size of the midsection of your snake.

1. Prey Size: Choose prey items that are appropriate for the snake’s size. Young ball pythons eat small rodents, while adults ...

A ball python from Leinwand’s lab ... stretchy while still producing the immense forces required to eat their prey. “We have shown that this organ size increase is what we call physiological ...

Once they grab their prey with their sharp teeth, they constrict it to suffocate it before swallowing it whole. In captivity, ball pythons are usually fed frozen or live rats or mice, and ...