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Feeding the Blood Python
As with all constrictors, the diet consists mainly of rodents. Babies can be fed mice and the food item size must be increased as the snake grows to adulthood. Adults can be fed rats of various sizes depending on each particular snake. NEVER feed your snake live food if it can be fed frozen/thawed feeders. If you find you must feed a live mouse or rat, make sure you kill the animal before feeding it to your snake. Mice and rats have very sharp teeth and claws and will not hesitate to bite or claw a snake that has just grabbed it for dinner. Bites and scratches can lead to infections that can cause scarring.