My question is this...

I have a 1yr old ball python that I raised from a hatchling. As soon as she got big e nough I swithched her to frozen rats and she's feeding great on them. I also have another ball python that I adopted 8 mnths ago and it fed on rats for a few months and thenit refused to eat frozen period (rats and mice). So I decided to try life and it worked and therefore I started breeding my own mice. That second ball still refuses life sometimes but seems healthy otherwise and comes out and tryes to escape every night.

So I have two questions :
1) Do you think there is something wrong with my second bp?
2) Since I have plenty of surplus live mice should I feed them to my rat ball python? And is there any risk that he may not go back to frozen rats.

I have a boa that I've been feeding live and frozen all the time and he never refuses, as a matter of fact he demands food all the time :D.

Please advice on this since the mice are way too smal for the boa and I have plenty of frozen XLG rats for him.

Some will switch, some will not. It all depends on each individual snake. If the one switched to f/t easily, I would bet that it'd go back and forth pretty readily.

Your balls are in separate enclosures correct?

He probably will go back to frozen rats, but if your worried, pre-kill the mice to keep him in the f/t mood.

Just a picky eater. If he starts to loose weight or not gain weight, then I would worry.

[QUOTE=blackcrystal22;901953]Your balls are in separate enclosures correct?

What kindof question is this? Of course they are :rofl:

That's the thing, my live eating ball python has not been gainig weight at least not as much as the other one.

If he starts to loose weight or not gain weight, then I

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Your balls are in separate enclosures correct?

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What kindof question is this? Of course they are :rofl:

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You said two ball pythons.
We can't always assume and if one is very stressed, we have to make sure that is not the leading cause. :]

Hmm, if the other isn't gaining, or at least not as much as it should, or especially if it's LOSING weight, I would take a fecal sample to the vet to test for parasites.

As for the feeding thing, it's totally normal. My rescued normal girl "Never ate a thing" for her previous idiots...err...owners. And after two (straight) feedings with me she started nailing FT rats. :)
My other normal girl is incredibly picky and will only take PK large adult mice. She should be on small rats by now, but she refuses anything other than the large adult mice PK. She's small, but she eats regularly and gains weight steadily if slowly. That's all that really matters.