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Mine is very picky. Will only eat rats and only the ones that my buddy Dave breeds. He loves it. I defrost them overnight in the fridge. Let them warm to room temp for about 3 hours. Warm it with a hair dryer and wham. At 500 grams you may want to try small rats.

im gonna try a small live rat on saturday and see what happens. should i leave her in her cage or try it in the box like she's use to?

I would feed In the cage. But I IMO think that it's far less stressful for an animal to not be moved around at feeding time.


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My almost 19 year old Ball named Martha went almost a year without feedind at one time. Especialy after changes in habitat they sometimes don't eat. I just moved across country with her and she went on a 4 month hunger strike. Missing a few feeding will not harm your new baby just watch her weight and make sure she does not drop too much.

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My almost 19 year old Ball named Martha went almost a year without feedind at one time. Especialy after changes in habitat they sometimes don't eat. I just moved across country with her and she went on a 4 month hunger strike. Missing a few feeding will not harm your new baby just watch her weight and make sure she does not drop too much.

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I agree, also a 20 long is a little big for some 500 gram ball pythons. clutter it up might help if you have nothing smaller. I would feed in tank, at night, live and don't make too much noise, with the lights off.

well.... i left her in the tank heated up a f/t small rat and put it right in front of her hide and within seconds she pulled it into her hide and a few minutes later it disappered into her belly. :banana:

the only reason i did not try live was because she has not come out of her hide at all since last week and i figured she was in shed or stressed so i did not want to waste another rat. then i thought well let me try a f/t and just leave it overnight.

i feel a little bit better now. shes eating, which means its a good thing and means shes healthy and not stressing alot.

do you think shes an every 2 week eater and is that normal if she is?

Try a 10 day schedule

I may have missed it but is this a young snake or an older one? I feed little ones every 5 days or so and sub adults every 7. Adults well are all over the board. If they seem super interested during the weekly feedings they sometimes get a 'snack' something quite small (weanling or hopper) and then something larger every 2 weeks. Some seem to want the extra some don't. It is not always the same ones either. Basically adults every 7 days.

I am glad you got yours feeding. Hissing is a stress and fear response in royal. It is warning you off. I have one hisser and one occasional hisser he only hisses in shed. The other always hisses, he stresses easily I try not to mess with him too much. I only have him out when it is quite and I can sit with him. I return him when her gets really adigitated. He is also the pee one whom almost always pees when out. I think he knows I almost always put him bac after he pees on me... how smart are they supposed to be again?? :D

shes is 500 grams. i forgot to ask the breeder what year she was born. im guessing she was born in 2010 due to her weight, but if shes this picky to eat she could be older. i tried feeding her every 7 days but no luck. she has eaten 2 times for me and its been every 2 weeks.

i dunno if its just my luck or what but every albino bp ive had was a picky eater at first. After a few months of being here and left alone other than cleaning there tub and fresh water they started to eat live. After a few live feedings I was able to get them to eat f\t and they will go on a strike here and there but they seem to be doing much better the longer they are here