I have a subadult double het albino pied female and a subadult female black pastel albino. They have both been refusing to eat for months now. All my other ball pythons in the same rack have been chowing down. I have been offering their normal F/T rats, then tried live rats: both pups and smalls, and eventually live mice. They refused everything. I got a hold of a couple ASF's and immediately without hesitation they pounced on them. I think it would be too coincidental that they both decided to start eating the same day. It's obviously the introduction of the ASF's that made them eat. Now mind you neither one has ever been fed an ASF, I have owned both since birth. Hopefully this kick starts their feed drive. Does anyone know of any documentation as to why this is so successful? I know this is their native prey, but both of these snakes have been raised in captivity and have never seen an ASF. Could it really be that genetically imprinted in their DNA? Needless to say I just set up a colony of 1.3 ASFs.