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  • 08-07-2015, 04:04 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Having trouble
    Wassup guys, I'm currently having trouble with my het albino eating. I have tried live, freshly killed, frozen thawed. Any suggestions to get him to eat. It's so bad my Het pied that I just got yesterday ate prekilled for me today. Maybe I finally got a picky eater

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-07-2015, 04:24 PM
    dr del
    Re: Having trouble
    How long are you waiting between attempts and how do you prepare and pre-scent?

    It might give us a few ideas.
  • 08-07-2015, 04:46 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Re: Having trouble
    It's usually a week apart, and if it's f/t I leave it out. Prekilled I get a live mouse from the pet store and kill it rite before I try to feed

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-07-2015, 04:48 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Re: Having trouble
    F/t leave out then heat it up a oil with heat lamp*

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-07-2015, 04:53 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Re: Having trouble
    A little * sorry my phone acting up

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-08-2015, 12:37 AM
    Reinz
    You did not say what age.

    It is no big deal to miss a feeding a or two. Adults can go for months without. So no need to get upset if they go on strike. But we hate to see the growing youngsters stop.

    With your pre-kill, be sure that you are wafting the air towards the enclosure.
    This should ring the dinner bell for him.
    If you do this successfully and he's hungry, he will eat.
  • 08-08-2015, 03:17 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Re: Having trouble
    It's a baby he hatched June 1st

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-08-2015, 03:20 PM
    midgard
    You can try live gerbils or ASF'S but they may be hard to find. Weigh the snake to see if they have been losing a lot of weight. Good luck.
  • 08-08-2015, 03:28 PM
    Karnage Reptiles
    Re: Having trouble
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by midgard View Post
    You can try live gerbils or ASF'S but they may be hard to find. Weigh the snake to see if they have been losing a lot of weight. Good luck.

    I just weighed him today and he is the same weight he was last week

    Karnage Royals
    1.0 Yellow Belly
    0.1 Bumble Bee
    1.0 Het Albino
    0.1 Het Pied
  • 08-08-2015, 05:00 PM
    SamO
    Deborah has several of there posts around - you can search for them. I can tell you this technique works, I have used it 4 times and all four times the snake has eaten within 14 days (Logan took the longest).

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...=1#post2365670
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