90 day old Albino not eating.

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She isn't too small, but she does have a few places to hide. I will take into consideration not holding her for a while to let her adjust and hopefully become hungry and eat :/ Would you guy think to move her from her tank to a shoebox even to feed? Or just put it into her enclosure. I also believe she should just be fed live for now, but the breeder insisted we tried.

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Originally Posted by Pickle

It's okay! Questions are good, they help figure things out. She is in a 20 gln tank. Those are the hot spots, she has two hides. One on the hot side and one on the cool. She was eating very small mice when we got her, he was trying to get her onto frozen but wasn't having much success. We have tried both frozen and live and she will eat neither. We do handle her every other day or so. It cools down at night but just those are the temps for the hot spots. Not sure on her humidity though.

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Okay, I thought you meant constant all over temps.

You need to know your humidity though. Most people use some kind of accurite, they measure "indoor" temp andhumidity in the console itself (which I put on the cool end), and have a probe you can put on the hot spot. You can get the at walmart for 10 bucks.

From looking at your pictures, it seems a little open, and the hode under the light looks to be too big. I would get smaller ones that she can barely get into.

And like everyone else said, stop handling her for a bit. And feed her in the tank, moving her somewhere else to feed will just stress her out even more

Good place to start,

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...thon-CARESHEET

I have a full grown python, so I know the basics. I have just never had a baby not eat, especially with albinos being finicky eaters to begin with. I'll have to go grab a humidity control from walmart then.

If your hide holes are to large you can get some moss and add it around the hides. It's also great to hold moisture

Also no real big difference from live to f/t. Like has been mentioned thaw out a rat pup put it in there and leave it while it's dark. Chances are it will be gone in the am

I would cover 3 sides of your tanks with something to give your little gal some added security that really helps with my little guy :)

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Originally Posted by Pickle

I have a full grown python, so I know the basics. I have just never had a baby not eat, especially with albinos being finicky eaters to begin with. I'll have to go grab a humidity control from walmart then.

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I meant no disrespect, but after saying that it looks like by the pictures you are missing some "basic" husbandry things that will help your little one feel more secure and maybe eat better. It's worth a re-read....wouldn't hurt.

Like stated Cover 3 sides of the tnak to make it darker. Also cover 80% of the screen lid to hold in heat and humidity. You can do this with Alum foil then tape it down on the outside.

Next add a lot more things to the cage to clutter it up as its huge. Everything is jsut too open for the lil guy right now. Most adult males can live fine in that size tank for life.


Just work on the cluttering up, getting smaller hides, covering sides and lid. These should get him eating

Also I looks like the heat sources are plugged directly into the wall, Wheres the thermostat and the digital thermometer to read temps and humidty

Here is what I do for my tanks

Cover 3 sides with aquarium background or what ever you like Then I tape foiltape to one side of cardboard with foil tape and tape it to the outside of the tank like so

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Then I cut a peice of Plexiglass I bought at Home Depot to fit the screen top and taped foil tape to the inside like so

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Works great to stbilize temps and humidity :)

Well I just read it but I don't exactly see anything that i'm missing besides a humidity control. My boyfriend said the same thing with covering her to feel more secure. We'll get a back drop for her tomorrow :] The thermostats are near the top of her tank as well.