and you don’t need to feed them every day. What ball pythons eat. In general, the youngest, smallest ones eat small frozen feeder mice or rats. Larger ball pythons typically eat larger mice or rats.

Occasionally snake owners encounter feeding problems with their pet snakes. Some snakes, like ball pythons ... entice a reluctant snake to take a frozen mouse or another pre-killed prey item.

The ball python ... to catch the mouse could end up with injuries being scratched and bitten. Of course, when your pet snake refuses frozen food, you may not have a choice but to feed it live ...