Please help.

So I got a baby BP on May 3rd at an expo, from one of the most trusted breeders in ontario and mine still hasn't been eating. I know you probably already heard this before but im like desperate. Ive tried dipping the mice in tuna, frozen, live, putting them in a dark tub together...the list goes on. The temp is right and so is the humidity. I have the same two enclosers set up (i bought two) for both of them and one ate and the other hasnt. What should I do? I dont have the money for a vet. should i force feed? or wait? its about 6 weeks old now or so.

Have you had a chance to review "why won't my snake eat" on our caresheet?

What size enclosure do you have this baby in? Have you ever had experience getting hatchlings started?

:welcome:

Please take a look at our care sheet for BP's, and all the sticky's, to make sure your husbandry is correct.

Ive checked the care sheet yes, everything is correct, shes in a 10g

How often are you handling her?

a few times a day:P im assuming thats to much?

Hi,

Just a little. :)

Try not handling at all until she eats. Still do the usual tank maintenance etc though - just no unecessary handling.


dr del

I don't handle hatchlings at all until after their first meal. I would suggest that you move her into a six quart tub, on paper towel with a hide on the warm end, and a water dish on the cool end. I'd use a small plastic flower pot saucer with an entrance soldered out like in the photos.

That's a 15 quart tub for a ball python that's a hatchling. All my hatchlings now are kept in six quart tubs.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...ub/BabyTub.jpg

There's a baby under there:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...b/BabyTub2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...b/PretzelA.jpg

i think that you should not touch her for two weeks and put her in a quiet place so that she gets used to her new home....holding them alot when you first get them makes them stressed. also wait a few days before you try feeding her again...maybe that will work.. also what size tank is she in? sometimes if the tank is to big they get stressed...good luck

10 g tank