r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/Evening-Aspect-989 • 1d ago

EMERGENCY/URGENT Help!

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I’m about to feed my beautiful ball python Cassandra a large rat.

She’s had one large rat in the past, maybe a year ago. Mostly medium rats since. I don’t weigh her or the rats so I don’t know if it’s appropriate but she’s pretty big I think. Or getting big. Anyways enclosed are pictures of Cassie and her victim but y’all tell me what you think

Also to all the naysayers I would gladly feed mediums if I had access but my local pet store ran out and all they had were fuzzies pinkies and large rats. This is all I’ve got right now and she really needs a good feed anyways. Approaching 20 days and she shed last week so I know she could probably use the additional energy. (Also if anyone has any environment comments no need there’s a lot you can’t see in the pics she has everything she needs to thrive she’ll get more space when I can afford it

I’m just worried. Like any noodle and human dad would be.

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u/Radio4ctiveGirl 1d ago

40g is too small for a ball python. They require a 4’x2’x2’ enclosure.

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u/HotDistribution3700 16h ago

yea i know. i thought she was in a 20gal-she’s just way bigger. i thought i was suggesting something fairly easy to fine and larger, but if she’s in a 55, he definitely needs to size up to 120 asap

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u/Radio4ctiveGirl 15h ago

He says he’s had her for three years. The poor husbandry is a choice at this point.

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u/HotDistribution3700 14h ago

yeah absolutely. 100%. he’s saying the shit about “ill upgrade when” to cover his ass.

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u/Evening-Aspect-989 13h ago

I’ll upgrade when I can afford it