So my 1 year old male ball python went on a 2-month hunger strike. He was slightly skinny looking before he started refusing food, and he lost even more weight during his strike (only about 50 grams so not terrible but he definitely needed to be gaining weight). I kept trying regular rats ranging from 30-60 grams but he refused each one, and I would give him a week between each attempt. I even tried ordering rats from a different company but those still didn’t work, so I ended up getting African Soft Furs to try and break his hunger strike.
It worked a little too well because now he’ll only accept ASFs 😩 I knew this was a risk before I ordered them, but I just wanted him to start eating and gaining weight again. The ASFs I ordered are tiny (20-30 grams each which is less than 10-15% of his body weight, but that’s all there was in stock anywhere online), and he’ll only accept 1 at a time. I’ve tried feeding him 2 ASFs at once but he always refuses the second one, even though he’s taken 2 rats at once before.
So that brings me to my main question: does anyone know the calorie content of an African Soft Fur? I’ve looked online but can’t find anything anywhere. It’s not super important for me to know I guess, I just wanted to compare the nutritional content of an ASF to a similar-sized rat since I’m not sure he’ll be accepting regular rats anytime soon.