Owning a ball python is a long-term commitment as they can live to between 20 and 30 years old. "I got her when she was 4 months old," Mia told Newsweek. "She is now nearly 6 years old." ...

Tedesco's pet rat almost became a meal for a Ball python that was found in her home. "It would be a good meal, but I think Princess might win, though. She's nippy, and she bites and she's real ...

Drop the rat into the ball python's tank to feed it. If the snake does not take the rat within 30 minutes, remove it, wrap it up and put it in the freezer for a later meal. Advertisement ...

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.

Rats; Shrews; Jerboas; Other small mammals; ... It’s still possible for a ball python to bite you, and their bites are painful. Ball pythons have around 150 teeth that are 1 centimeter long.

Ball pythons are not venomous and don’t have fangs, so a bite may not be as severe as other snake bites. Always use caution if you’re bitten by a ball python, and seek medical treatment. Ball ...

But pythons can eat their whole body weight if Dr. Secor has enough rats on hand. In those cases, their metabolic rate can soar by 4,400 percent, the highest ever recorded for an animal.

A snake owner has shared how her pet snake accidentally mistook her hand for a rat, leading to an unfortunate bite. Mia lives in Western Washington and has had her ball python Aphrodite for five ...