Baby Ball python

Its been a week and a half since my BP came. The cage setup is fine. I have 90~ degrees farenheit on the hot side and 76-80 on the cold side. My problem is.. She is just in her hide when i try to feed her. She comes out. I heat up the mouse. then she goes in her hide and ignores the mouse. How do you get around this?

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Originally Posted by Zeraxi

Its been a week and a half since my BP came. The cage setup is fine. I have 90~ degrees farenheit on the hot side and 76-80 on the cold side. My problem is.. She is just in her hide when i try to feed her. She comes out. I heat up the mouse. then she goes in her hide and ignores the mouse. How do you get around this?

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How is your humidity? Are you feeding it the same thing it was eating before you took ownership? Is your enclosure in a high traffic area?

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Originally Posted by Bmocken

How is your humidity? Are you feeding it the same thing it was eating before you took ownership? Is your enclosure in a high traffic area?

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My ball python cage is not in a high traffic area. Its in my room and its usually quiet. I think the cage may be too big (30 gallon tub) I asked the breeder is what he fed him before. he didnt respond yet. My humidity is usually at the 60-70 range.

Are you feeding F/T or live?
I have a spider Mojave that does the same thing what I have learned too do is to lay rat near hide box entrance with head at opening and leave her alone in a quit area . Works for me ..

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Originally Posted by Zeraxi

My ball python cage is not in a high traffic area. Its in my room and its usually quiet. I think the cage may be too big (30 gallon tub) I asked the breeder is what he fed him before. he didnt respond yet. My humidity is usually at the 60-70 range.

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When you say baby bp, how young? Is it a hatchling?

Im feeding it F/T. I tried leaving it infront of her hide overnight. There is a mouse infront of her hide right now actually. She doesnt look interested. Ill throw it out in 15 more minutes or so. She is 14 inches long. so im guessing she is pretty young.

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Originally Posted by Zeraxi

Im feeding it F/T. I tried leaving it infront of her hide overnight. There is a mouse infront of her hide right now actually. She doesnt look interested. Ill throw it out in 15 more minutes or so. She is 14 inches long. so im guessing she is pretty young.

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Sounds like you have a stressed BP or your not feeding the same thing as the breeder did. I would take the food away and leave it be for another week. Hopefully your breeder tells you what kind of food it was on.

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Originally Posted by Zeraxi

Im feeding it F/T. I tried leaving it infront of her hide overnight. There is a mouse infront of her hide right now actually. She doesnt look interested. Ill throw it out in 15 more minutes or so. She is 14 inches long. so im guessing she is pretty young.

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How are you thawing the mouse and heating it up? Are you checking what temperature you warmed it up to? Just thinking if it isn't warm enough it might not be interested.

Im heating it to around 100 degrees. Im heating it using boiling water.

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Originally Posted by Zeraxi

Im heating it to around 100 degrees. Im heating it using boiling water.

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Might not want to use boiling water as it cooks the mouse. 98-100 degrees sounds about right. Those small mice don't take much to thaw out. I put mine in warm water submerged for 1 hour then a few minutes with hot water to warm up the mouse, and then hold just the head to get that warmer then the rest.