Zoo database

Royal Python

Python regius

Natural diet Royal Python

Vertebrates

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.

Feeding advice Royal Python

Feed quantity per day

14% of body weight

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 3 kg and eats 14% of its body weight, it will get

3 x 0.14 = 0.42 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

99% Meat products and whole prey
1% Supplements

Proportions (fresh product)

0.99 x 0.42 kg = 415.8 g meat products and whole prey
0.01 x 0.42 kg = 4.2 g supplements

Diet suggestions

Additional advice

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over one feeding moment per 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).

Common diseases

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

Infectious Stomatitis
Metabolic bone disease
Obesity

Feed quantity per day

Sample percentage calculation

Feed composition

Proportions (fresh product)

Jumbo rats ca >350 g

Day Old Chicks (Black Box)

Rabbit M 2.3-2.8 kg - 4 pcs/box

Jannicke Kiezebrink

Director Operations