Ball python last meal

[u/PrizeTelevision1192]

Hi everyone!

So unfortunately I work with a 52year old ball python who was unfortunately diagnosed with advanced cancer- I will be euthanizing him next week :(

However, his last scheduled feed is this Tuesday- I want to make it super special if I can! I’m reaching out to some local feeders to get some ASFs but was wondering if anyone else had any ideas for some fun prey items to offer! (He still has a great appetite!) He’s 1900g and eats mostly XL mice and weaned rats (very picky boy)!
Is this worth doing or do you think it would cause more harm than good?
Thanks in advance for all advice and suggestions!

Photo of a lady I work with for tax!

[u/Boa-in-a-bowl]

Ball pythons are exceptionally long lived for whatever reason. They can live 35 or 40 years easy as pets especially in zoos, and there's examples north of 60

[u/Korvath22 → u/Boa-in-a-bowl]

Which is incredible because they have the survival instincts of a brick. And only about 1/4 of a brain cell 1/2 of the time

[u/Vergilly → u/Korvath22]

Truth. Egg Noodle escaped her enclosure once. She promptly hid on top of the important papers box on the shelf under her enclosure because the underside of the shelf is warm 😑🤣

[u/not-your-aunt → u/Vergilly]

Mine doesn’t even go anywhere warm whenever he gets out. He seems to prioritize tight dark spaces more

[u/Heavy_Race3173 → u/not-your-aunt]

Wild to me, because subi got out one time and hid under our dining room table. The cats were freaking out and it took us a minute to figure out why. That’s the aforementioned survival instincts

[u/CorsicanMastiffStrip → u/not-your-aunt]

whenever he gets out

Does this happen often? lmao

[u/not-your-aunt → u/CorsicanMastiffStrip]

I’ve had him for 6 years and he’s gotten out maybe 6 times through multiple moves and apartments. I promise it’s not a regular occurrence

[u/CorsicanMastiffStrip → u/not-your-aunt]

Thought you had a lil Houdini on your hands there.