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Feeding the Centralian Python
Centralian pythons will eat mice and rats in captivity with gusto. Hatchling pythons will grow very quickly when fed if they are given the temperatures they need to digest, and seem to be bottomless pits at feeding time. Care must be taken when feeding snakes housed together to make sure their strong feeding response is not directed at a fellow cagemate. Two snakes grappling for the same rodent does not make for a fun puzzle and the untangling is quite a chore. I make sure the snakes are in separate areas of the cage and that each snake has a food item. Alternatively, the snakes may be separated to different feeding enclosures at meal time. Water is given in a bowl that is not easily tipped over.
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