I have 9 ball pythons now and all except for 1 has ate the day or next after I got them home. They all pretty much act similar with only 2 exceptions. One really likes to hide and one really likes to explore. I finally got my male Black Pewter Ghost home and he refused to eat so I waited and left him alone 2 days and tried again, and repeated. I should have inspected him more. Last night I took him out and let him crawl around and noticed a squeaking. I thought for sure it was a rat so I took him downstairs where it's quite and sure enough he is squeaking! He does have some bad shedding around his head that could very well be causing this mouse like squeak. There appears to be bad leftover shedding all around his head and face actually and his scales feel a bit "less vibrant" (and saggy) than some of my others. Now after driving for 6 hours to "get a good deal" turns out I will probably have a vet bill that makes it a not good at all deal not to mention I feel bad for the snake. He only squeaks when he is excited and moving around a lot but I will check him again today.

The guy is on the fauna BOI from Seattle and if I thought he was going to sell more snakes I would call him out just on the grounds that he's a total idiot and doesn't know jack about snakes (gathered that much when he was talking to me about genetics and was wrong as...) yet used to breed them. I could go on and on... It was also like pulling teeth to get the ages of the snakes. He tells me the het ghost female is a 2009 snake then I see a tracking number on the bag that would suggest 2007. They haven't ate in "maybe 6 weeks" he says because he was going to ship them. The female is a sweet heart and at 2400 grams she's the biggest I got, if only I could find a water dish she wont tip over. I know this is my fault and could have been prevented by buying from some one with a little more credentials.