i was wondering my two ball pythons will not eat dead mice but will eat live ones.. how can i get them to eat dead mice? I tryed and they just go away from it.. we put a life one in there and there all over it.. i heard feeding them dead mice are better for them cause of the mouse biting the snake. so i would really like to feed them dead ones but i dont want to starve them cause they just turn away from the dead ones.. someone please help...

please tell me
and also don t say any exotic animal that i heard of
for example-
Boas
Pythons
King and Corn snakes
Tarantulas
scorpions
and also no common pets(unless really different)
thank you

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also: do you have a guilt after feeding it LIVE creature?
10 inch long
.8 inch thick

what do you feed it and how often?
not 8-
but 0.8 thick

Thanks

Below is a picture of Stanley s tank- can someone take a look at it and let me know if it looks okay? His basking light is above his hidey and he wedges himself in the back corner between his hidey and the wall - is this because he doesn t have room to bask? (You can see his reflection in the back left corner).

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7275/00005xk218428338wj7.jpg

He is a year old and just under 2 ft long. The tank is a 20 long (30x12x12)- he has the two hideys- a water dish and his "jungle gym". I thought that balls like to hide but most of the time he stretches out across the jungle gym and just lays there and if I reach in he crawls right up my arm. He will wedge himself between his hidey and the glass- or his jungle gym and the glass but he rarely hides anywhere.

The substrate is fir bark and he has an UTH on the same side as his light. I got him from a specialized reptile store/breeder and they said he was good- but I want to make sure.

Your opinions?
And since it might make a difference- he is captive bred. He is farm raised and has been handled since he was hatched- which I m guessing is why he is so tame. He has only "balled" up on me twice when I first got him and he never does in his tank.

Can you switch from live to froze mice?
i really cant just put the pet(mouse) and watch python eat it :(

I want to buy one from a pet store- but have been feeding them only live. I cant feed them live mice - its cruel :P

also how does it feel to give you ball a live mouse- dont you feel sorry for mice :D?
and what kind of tank do i need? would 18 18 18 be ok?

sorry- lots of question :DD