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Reticulated Python Feeding and Diet

18 January 2010

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The natural diet of the reticulated python includes warm-blooded prey; mostly mammals and occasionally birds. Small pythons (up to 10-12 feet long) eat mainly small rodents like rats. Larger pythons eat prey such as Viverridae (e.g. civets and binturongs) and sometimes primates and pigs. Reticulated pythons are also found in cities like Bangkok and Singapore—there they [...]

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Equipment for a Reticulated Python

18 January 2010

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If you’re serious about owning a reticulated python, it’s imperative that you have the right equipment. The reticulated python makes a unique and fascinating pet, but only if you know what you are doing. As mentioned in other articles on this site, this species of snake can grow up to 33 feet long–imagine having that [...]

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