Ok, I have read a lot on these forums and found it all (well at least most) fairly helpful. From what I read it says you should give a new ball about 1 week to acclimate to new environment before attempting to feed.

I am trying to do that, but there are a few signs that I think show he may need to be fed sooner.

1) He is only a few months old and was last fed 6/22. He went through a shed the week after that, and then refused to eat on 7/15. I got him on 7/16.

2) After a short amount of initial activity checking out his new home, he was basically doing his BP thing and staying in his hide for the next couple of days, and getting active for about 2 hours at dusk each night. Today though he is being very active during the day. I have been told that this is sometimes a sign that they are ready to feed.

3) When I was changing water and adjusting temperature probes today I had to move him and he is feeling somewhat mushy like he is lacking muscle tone. When I got him last week, I had checked him out and he had felt fine.

So my question is should I go ahead and attempt to feed, or should I stick to waiting for the full week? I don't want to start my son's snake out being malnurished.