He finally ate! - Wealth of information

This is my first time posting on this forum; however, I think by now I've read half the threads. :)

My wife and I got two ball pythons in January - a female normal (Phantasia) and a male spider (8-Ball). Before we got them, there we're a lot of visits to this forum for information.

The girl settled in to a tank set-up no problem. She does normal ball python things - hiding and eating. He seemed pretty stressy in a tank set-up and wasn't eating. So back to the forum.

We moved him to a quieter, more stable tub. After a week - still stressy, not using hides, and still not eating. :( Back to the forum.

Changed the type of hides twice - he liked the flower pots - he settled down, but still wouldn't eat. Forum

Anyway, much to my relief, and after a lot of good information and some trial and error, HE ATE TONIGHT for the first time!!!

So a big THANKS to all the people on this forum who take the time to answer questions and share their knowledge. :banana: (couldn't help myself, I had to throw in a dancin' banana)

:welcome: and congratulations, nothing like the feeling of relief when your BP take that first meal for you! Good job :gj:

Welcome to BPnet!!! Congrats on getting your BP to eat.

Congrats,

It's always a relief when they finally start eating. :)

Welcome to the site - you did notice we love pictures right? :P


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Originally Posted by Rbenda

This is my first time posting on this forum; however, I think by now I've read half the threads. :)

My wife and I got two ball pythons in January - a female normal (Phantasia) and a male spider (8-Ball). Before we got them, there we're a lot of visits to this forum for information.

The girl settled in to a tank set-up no problem. She does normal ball python things - hiding and eating. He seemed pretty stressy in a tank set-up and wasn't eating. So back to the forum.

We moved him to a quieter, more stable tub. After a week - still stressy, not using hides, and still not eating. :( Back to the forum.

Changed the type of hides twice - he liked the flower pots - he settled down, but still wouldn't eat. Forum

Anyway, much to my relief, and after a lot of good information and some trial and error, HE ATE TONIGHT for the first time!!!

So a big THANKS to all the people on this forum who take the time to answer questions and share their knowledge. :banana: (couldn't help myself, I had to throw in a dancin' banana)

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its ok the dancing banana is cool beans :banana:

and it pleases me to see that some one read before they got the snakes, and that your first post was thanking for the information rather then a panic of "ohhhhh crap what do i do now!" you are going to have some happy ball pythons on your hands in no time. getting them on a feeding schedule after they start feeding helps allot to keep them eating so get a good schedule/ritual going that the BP can identify as go time. :banana:

:gj: They can be worrisome with their occasional hunger strikes.

:welcome: