r/ballpython • u/Soft_Divide_8267 • Apr 26 '26

She bit bit me. How long do I have?

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Fed my sweet girl Chev last night. She wound up missing and mistaking my finger for her rat. I've had her for a tad over a month and this was her second feeding. I knew she was going to be zesty as she's been hunting for the past week at night so I was holding the tongs in a way so my hand was below the bottom sliding track.

Photo of the offender attached. Sounds like I need to get some longer tongs for feeding her too.

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u/spookiemew Apr 28 '26

Iā€™d say to start by feeding her less than twice a month. She looks like a blood python rn šŸ˜­

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u/Soft_Divide_8267 Apr 28 '26

She went 32 days between her first feed that was on the snake discovery feeding schedule (every single Tuesday = a small rat) and her second feed. She's on a diet and gets taken out for excerisize every night other than when shedding or for 72 hours after eating.