My ball python isn't eating?
Hey all, I recently purchased two young adult male BPs from a local pet store owner, one bumblebee and one bumblebee mohave. The first week I had them, the Mohave ate fine, but the bumblebee refused, and since then neither have eaten. I know that ball pythons are very picky sometimes (luckily the other one that I have is a GREAT eater) and that missing meals is usually no big deal but I'd love to get them eating better, especially the one who hasn't had a meal since I've had him. i'm not sure how the previous owner was feeding them (I feed frozen thawed mice) so maybe that's the issue? It's been a month now that I've had them.
Re: My ball python isn't eating?
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bothefoe
Hey all, I recently purchased two young adult male BPs from a local pet store owner, one bumblebee and one bumblebee mohave. The first week I had them, the Mohave ate fine, but the bumblebee refused, and since then neither have eaten. I know that ball pythons are very picky sometimes (luckily the other one that I have is a GREAT eater) and that missing meals is usually no big deal but I'd love to get them eating better, especially the one who hasn't had a meal since I've had him. i'm not sure how the previous owner was feeding them (I feed frozen thawed mice) so maybe that's the issue? It's been a month now that I've had them.
Try not to worry much yet. One month is nothing for an adult ball python. If they had good mass then you should be fine to wait it out even if the fast lasts another 6+ months. It's not uncommon for adult males to be seasonal feeders. I had one that would eat maybe 3 months of the year, routinely, so I just learned to feed him heavy during that window. Towards the end of his breeding/fasting, he'd look a little on the slimmer side compared to some of the others but not what I'd really call underweight.
