I recently became a new ball python owner of a beautiful female baby Superfire ball last Tuesday. Prior to receiving her, I set up a tub and had it running 2-3 days in advance, with temperatures of 87 on the warm side (which is actually a few degrees more due to the paper towels not being forced upon the bottom of the tub) and the cool side around 78-80. The ambient temperature of the tank is around 78-82 and has humidity from 40-70% depending on how full I fill the water dish. Overall I tried my best to make sure everything was perfect for her, and as soon as I received her I let her acclimate until that Friday where she denied her first meal of a thawed hopper mouse.

From last Friday to a few hours ago I have held her only once (due to her urinating around her water dish and creating a big mess in which I had to remove her to clean the tub), and have avoided trying to stress her out by letting her acclimate to her new home. She was an eater on live crawler/hopper before I had her shipped, but the week prior the seller offered her a thawed hopper and she ended up eating it without hesitation. Just a few hours ago I tried feeding her again and she was not at all interested in feeding. The first week she seemed stressed out and I can understand not feeding, but the past few nights she has been very active and exploratory of her new home, even trying to escape twice and not really not caring when I grabbed her to put her back while I tried to get her interested in her food.

I know ball pythons can go without feeding for a week or so after being put in a new home, but her being so young (hatched 8/14/17) and only 60-70 grams I'm starting to get worried. Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.