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Feeding the Jungle Carpet Python
Food is provided weekly. My jungles will come partially out of the nest box when hungry and extend their neck in an S-shape position waiting for a meal to pass by. Jungles will often be picky feeders, refusing rats and prefering mice, but if intorduced to rats early on, may be converted to the larger food items. Junlges also relish chicks. I feed a few mice a week to each jungle. Small food items are also more easily digested which means that the energy from mice will be more quickly converted to usable energy. A large water bowl is also provided for water and will also allow for some humidity in the enclosure.
I once had a male that refused food for around 4 months. He was an adult and started losing weight. I tried every trick in the book with frozen/thawed and live mice to no avail. He was in a large cage with the female. I put him in a cage that was much too small for his size and a small hidebox inside. He squeezed inside and when I went to check on him he gave me the hungry look. I happened to have some mice nearby and threw one in. He ate it immediately. He ate three more in succession and I stopped with four to allow him to digest well. After that, I never had any problems with that male regardless of the cage he was in. I guess it just takes a kickstart sometimes. He turned out to be a great breeder, with no adverse effects from his prolonged fast.
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