I feed fluffy today and she ate after almost 4 months of not eating XD I'm excited
04-15-2012, 01:01 AM
wilson
Re: Is my snake okay?
Congratulation!!:taz::taz:
04-15-2012, 01:24 AM
crazyj83
Imo and in my experince when a femae bp hits the 900-1000gr mark they shut off and stop feeding, my female drove me nuts. She hit 950+gr and decided to go off feed for 3months. Nov-Feb. Dropped almost 100gr then decided to eat mice.. Its a pain in the rear, but normal
04-15-2012, 01:42 AM
Solarsoldier001
Yea pretty much as soon as she hit 950g she just wasn't interested in food at all. Pretty exciting when she actually attacked her food and ate :)
04-15-2012, 03:58 AM
crazyj83
Yeah my wife cried when our girl finally ate... Shes pounding down 2lg mice every 4days, sherefuses rats still but shes real head shy with rats for some reason even if I prekill.. But as long as shes gaining weight and healthy i'll buy mice...lol
04-15-2012, 04:25 AM
Sama
We have 9 ball pythons so far and for the last 2 months only 3 will eat a week. Usually the same three, but occasionally they will switch. I was really happy last week because 4 ate...lol darn balls!
04-15-2012, 12:22 PM
Solarsoldier001
Haha I know we had one month where almost all 14 of our snakes refused to eat. Now they seem to be coming back to wanting to eat. I can't wait until they all get to breeding size :)
04-15-2012, 12:27 PM
tjohnson722
I guess I am lucky. Both of mine eat like champs. They both attack the sm rats with vengence. It is normal though for balls to be finiky at times especially in winter months. My Boa's on the other hand is a completely different story.
04-15-2012, 12:58 PM
kitedemon
It is quite likely that it is just 'that time of the year' but medium rats are quite large for a 900 gm snake. At least what I call (my supplier calls) medium. (medium rats 95-190gm) I would suggest try a small again (55-95gm) the mediums maybe too large.
04-15-2012, 09:25 PM
fatSNAKEs
Breeding season ... I have several girls who stopped feeding around Xmas. Did same thing last year, but suddenly in late May, their appetite picks up and they become voracious eaters. Mother Nature ... Would not worry. Good luck. :)