Help ball python not growing
I have a female pastel het pied out of a 2013 clutch that seems healthy eats 2x a week rat pups but isn't growing.
She is fat but not very long and only weighs 198 grams
I have doubts of a parasite but who knows. She always takes food and has always been fed twice a week. Has anyone ever experienced this?
Re: Help ball python not growing
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Originally Posted by
BeelzeBall.
does she shed? if shes shedding, shes growing.
she has shed about 5 times my other 2013 snakes are 1000plus grams and have had a lot more sheds
Re: Help ball python not growing
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Originally Posted by
Willowy
That's weird. A 3-year-old snake who's eating properly should have grown at least a little! It could be some kind of metabolic disorder. Probably best to have the vet take a look.
Yea it's insane and she's like my go to snake if something in my rack doesn't eat i give it to her. I'll try a vet really hoping to figure it out.
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My baby het pied stopped eating hasn't grown.
I have a baby het pied ball python and she said about 2 months ago and will not eat she is the size of a hatchling at 80 grams steel and is 6 months old she stopped eating I have been force-feeding her and she vomited today I think I'm going to take her to the vet and she has not pooped in a long time but she does he almost everyday any help please
Re: My baby het pied stopped eating hasn't grown.
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mrspoindexter
I have a baby het pied ball python and she said about 2 months ago and will not eat she is the size of a hatchling at 80 grams steel and is 6 months old she stopped eating I have been force-feeding her and she vomited today I think I'm going to take her to the vet and she has not pooped in a long time but she does he almost everyday any help please
Start your own thread would be best, you will have more replies on your problem and won't change topic for the person who started this thread. Unfortunately I have no input but definitely get a vet appointment and again start a new thread, you will get more help that way.
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Re: My baby het pied stopped eating hasn't grown.
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Originally Posted by
mrspoindexter
I have a baby het pied ball python and she said about 2 months ago and will not eat she is the size of a hatchling at 80 grams steel and is 6 months old she stopped eating I have been force-feeding her and she vomited today I think I'm going to take her to the vet and she has not pooped in a long time but she does he almost everyday any help please
What are you feeding it? I have two brand new 2016 baby ball pythons I just got in the mail, I've been feeding them live pinky mice, just barely have their eyes open, crawlers I guess you would call them? They both ate last week. You may try breeding your own mice and see how that goes. Or if you are lucky you could get a female mouse that already has babies on her, that way the young mice won't starve to death if your snake doesn't eat them right away. I had an Arizona Mountain king snake that didn't eat for two months. I gave her live pinky mice and she ate two instantly! There's just something about live mice that triggers the feeding response. Some snakes just refuse to eat dead mice from the freezer.
