Zoo database

Royal Python

Python regius

Natural diet Royal Python

Royal pythons, also known as ball pythons are carnivores. Their diet primarily consists of small mammals and birds. Often these are swallowed as whole and digested over a longer period of time.

Vertebrates
Vertebrates

Feeding advice Royal Python

Feed quantity per day

2%

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 2 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
 
2 x 0.02 = 0.04 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

99% Meat and whole prey
1% Supplements

Proportions (fresh product)

0.99 x 0.04 kg = 40 g meat and whole prey
0.01 x 0.04 kg = 0 g supplements

Diet Suggestions

Recommended

Variety of prey

Whole prey

Supplements

Not recommended

Common diseases

An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:

  • Infectious Stomatitis
  • Metabolic bone disease
  • Obesity

Additional advice

  • The amount of feed mentioned at “Feed quantity per day” should only be fed once a week.
  • The supplements should be given according to the appropriate dosage that is mentioned on the labelling.
  • Foraging behaviour can be stimulated by dispersing the food throughout the enclosure (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).
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