Good morning!
For the last +2 months I've been trying to get my new ball python to switch from live to frozen. I've tried a few different things ( feeding him at night, braining, chicken broth,putting him in a smaller enclosure with ft rat) and he doesn't seem interested at all. He'll flick his tongue a few times and follow it for a bit, but he never strikes at it. If I try to much he gets scared and will go back into his hide right away if he's out and about. When I go to feed him he's usually always in his hide, if he is I leave the rat in front of the hide. I leave the rat in the enclosure over night but no luck either way. When I first weighed him he was 558 grams, he's now down to 516 ( he also pooped and shed during these weighings ) I don't handle him at all, unless it's to weigh him. Which has been 3 times. Should I feed him live or keep giving him tough love until he eats FT? I just worry he's loosing to much weight. His last meal was on April 13th. He turned a year old in June.
Thank you so much in advance!