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  • 12-10-2016, 11:06 AM
    Dumdum333
    Ball python wont be able to eat
    Hey
    Will my BP (5 months old male) be alright without eating for a month?
    I'm taking him to a mates house while im on holiday, and he's willing to do the water and poop but not the icky mouse stuff.
    He's a good weight (225 grams), and has eaten every 5 days for the last month and a half, but when I got him he didn't eat for around a month.
    Doesn't look skinny, and no spine visible or anything, and he just shed in one piece, so everything else is good
    You guys think this is fine or is too long?
  • 12-10-2016, 11:16 AM
    Drakion
    Re: Ball python wont be able to eat
    If you must it would probably be fine, but you would have to be careful around them for multiple reasons after, but you should really see if you can find another friend that would go over and do it once a week.
  • 12-10-2016, 12:45 PM
    Dumdum333
    Can you name some of the reasons why?
  • 12-10-2016, 12:48 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    He will be fine
  • 12-10-2016, 12:48 PM
    Dumdum333
    Re: Ball python wont be able to eat
    Would the reason just be that he might be a bit bitey?
  • 12-10-2016, 03:26 PM
    apparently
    persist
    Mine pretty much had the same.. keep offering!!
  • 12-10-2016, 07:37 PM
    Kaylaaa
    Re: Ball python wont be able to eat
    I mean, he won't die but I personally would find someone else to take him. Seems kinda mean to let a young ball go hungry just because your friend 'doesn't want' to feed him.
  • 12-10-2016, 07:41 PM
    Dumdum333
    yeah but i obviously wouldnt be posting this if I had someone else that would feed him right? Then I'd just go to that person. so that's not too helpful
  • 12-10-2016, 07:52 PM
    Kaylaaa
    Re: Ball python wont be able to eat
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dumdum333 View Post
    yeah but i obviously wouldnt be posting this if I had someone else that would feed him right? Then I'd just go to that person. so that's not too helpful

    Allllllrighty then.
    Well yeah he won't die, but it's not good.
    Good luck I suppose.
  • 12-10-2016, 08:00 PM
    Albert Clark
    Re: Ball python wont be able to eat
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dumdum333 View Post
    yeah but i obviously wouldnt be posting this if I had someone else that would feed him right? Then I'd just go to that person. so that's not too helpful

    One thing you should consider is that leaving him for 1 month is the sanitary issue of the enclosure. Even though he's not eating he may still put out waste products. Urine, urates and possibly feces. Just so you think about that.
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