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    Question My baby Ball Python won't eat?

    Hey guys,
    I have a baby ball python that was hatched a couple months ago
    (I posted here for help: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hem-to-survive)
    Only 1 survived. It won't eat on it's own, it doesn't even know what the pinky is.
    I try to force feed it once a week, but it only ate once - which was in the middle of December. The little guy is really skinny and I don't want em to die.

    Anyone have any suggestions/tips? It'd be greatly appreciated

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    Hows the husbandry? What size enclosure do you have him in? Does he have hides? What's the temps and humidity? Are you trying rat pinks or mouse pinks? If you are feeding rat pinks, have you tried feeding mouse hoppers? Sometimes that helps get their feeding response going...

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    Sounds like a ball python to me.
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    technically when you assist feed they should eat. you're taking the hard part out and manually placing the prey inside their mouth. I had to assist feed a hatchling last year for 5 feedings before she got the idea, are you assist feeding correctly?
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    Re: My baby Ball Python won't eat?

    Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
    Sounds like a ball python to me.
    Sorry I just realized that this wasn't the thread that I thought it was.

    If your temperatures and humidity are correct then it might be a stress issue. What type of enclosure do you have, how often do you interact with the snake, and how often do you attempt to feed the snake?
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    Babies usually won't start on anything that isn't moving. A mouse fuzzy/hopper is the best thing. Pinky is much too small and doesn't move. Plus they really need to be in a small small enclosure.

    Most of us keep hatchlings in a box no bigger than a shoebox. They feel secure.

    When assist feeding, you should use a pinky so it goes in easily. Do not force feed. Just get a prekilled or warm thawed pinky wet and put the head in the snakes mouth and push it as deep into the throat as possible. Then put the snake down quickly and then sit very still and wait. The snake should begin to swallow. If it spits it out, try again. If it spits it out again, wait a couple days and try again. It will eventually swallow that mouse. After a few times you'll kick in the feeding response and it will readily strike and take a fuzzy/hopper sized mouse. A few weeks of those and you can go up to a larger hopper/weaned size or a rat crawler.

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