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  • 05-09-2012, 03:53 PM
    Annarose15
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lisn123 View Post
    Today when I go in the room, she'll come out of the hide into that same "S" posture and look around. At first I thought it was her "happy to see me" LOL but coming out because of someone was in there. Then after last night, Im afraid she's going to strike at me again, but maybe its like you said, she's just looking for more food.

    They told us at the Petstore, that they were feeding her in separate container. But after reading from everyone here, that it was not necessary & could be more stressful taking her out to feed her. But now im starting to wonder...maybe she's just one of those I should feed in separate tank.

    I think i need to get a scale as well. I was hoping to hold off for a little while. But I think i saw on here that you can get one fairly cheap at Walmart? or someplace similar.

    If she's still hungry, then feeding her in a different tank is not going to solve that. There are literally hundreds of posts on this site debunking the tank aggression myth, so I won't try to divert this thread the same way. It simply sounds like she isn't getting as much to eat as she needs/wants. You absolutely need to get a scale to track her weight, and you can check the food size with it as well. My guess is her prey isn't big enough, so she's still hungry. You can get a cheap digital scale in the kitchen section at Walmart.
  • 05-09-2012, 05:17 PM
    BPLuvr
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lisn123 View Post
    UGH... just dawned on me. Could it be mites?? I noticed her rub her face a few times on her log the other night, when she was "hovering" over her mouse (& not eating) But i haven't seen any other signs of them or of her scratching.

    THANKS for all the responses

    Mine was doing this about a week before he shed. While he was in the tank and we had humidity issues. I would say 4-5 days after he got into the rack and humidity was spot on he shed. I noticed his eyes I would say fog but never really blue.
  • 05-09-2012, 07:24 PM
    Lisn123
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Thanks for the input. I'll definitely get a scale this weekend. And I guess we'll just see how she acts over the next few days. (she's been pretty normal today-just in her hide) Monday is her normal feeding day.

    Out of curiosity, for people who feed 2 mice, do you just drop them both in? or put in another after they get the first one down? Im just wondering because I've seen some messages about people who feed two mice oppose to one rat, etc.

    Thanks again!
  • 05-09-2012, 07:30 PM
    Skittles1101
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lisn123 View Post
    Thanks for the input. I'll definitely get a scale this weekend. And I guess we'll just see how she acts over the next few days. (she's been pretty normal today-just in her hide) Monday is her normal feeding day.

    Out of curiosity, for people who feed 2 mice, do you just drop them both in? or put in another after they get the first one down? Im just wondering because I've seen some messages about people who feed two mice oppose to one rat, etc.

    Thanks again!

    For mine that I feed two prey items two I do it one at a time. I don't think there's a right or wrong way for it though, just whatever works for your snake.
  • 05-09-2012, 07:32 PM
    Annarose15
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lisn123 View Post
    Thanks for the input. I'll definitely get a scale this weekend. And I guess we'll just see how she acts over the next few days. (she's been pretty normal today-just in her hide) Monday is her normal feeding day.

    Out of curiosity, for people who feed 2 mice, do you just drop them both in? or put in another after they get the first one down? Im just wondering because I've seen some messages about people who feed two mice oppose to one rat, etc.

    Thanks again!

    You don't want to offer the second mouse until after she has eaten the first one (especially if live, less important if pre-killed or F/T). If the second one is in there running around, she could get bitten or be distracted too much to eat at all. If she's big enough to take two mice, it might be time to switch her to rats, so you don't have to worry about feeding multiples as she continues to grow.
  • 05-09-2012, 09:48 PM
    angllady2
    Sounds like a perfectly normal baby Ball to me.

    If your baby is still hungry, you have two options.

    You can bump up prey size, either by offering a bigger single item, or two of the current size.

    You can also choose to keep the current prey size and offer on a four or five day schedule instead.

    Baby ball pythons are nervous by nature, you would be too if pretty much everything looks at you as a food source. They also eat a lot for their size, and if yours was being underfed, that's going to make it crabby as well. I don't know about you, but when I get hungry I get cranky too.

    So for now, try just offering more food for a few weeks, and see if that doesn't go a long way towards settling it down.

    When I rescued a sub adult female who had been badly underfed, she was so food aggressive it was scary! She'd track the movement of anything in the room with her, she snapped at everything and everyone who came near her tub. I was feeding her more than enough food, and she was still so convinced she was going to be starved again she would not stop snapping. I am convinced to this day she would have eaten until she burst herself if I had let her.

    It took about 3 months of steady and slightly heavy feeding and eventually she calmed down and began to act like a normal ball. Now, she's so comfortable here she even went on a little feeding strike for me to let me know it was breeding season.

    A full belly goes a long way towards making an underfed snake happy.

    Gale
  • 05-09-2012, 11:54 PM
    Lisn123
    Re: Reasons for a VERY Grumpy Baby BP??
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
    Sounds like a perfectly normal baby Ball to me.

    If your baby is still hungry, you have two options.

    You can bump up prey size, either by offering a bigger single item, or two of the current size.

    You can also choose to keep the current prey size and offer on a four or five day schedule instead.

    Baby ball pythons are nervous by nature, you would be too if pretty much everything looks at you as a food source. They also eat a lot for their size, and if yours was being underfed, that's going to make it crabby as well. I don't know about you, but when I get hungry I get cranky too.

    So for now, try just offering more food for a few weeks, and see if that doesn't go a long way towards settling it down.

    When I rescued a sub adult female who had been badly underfed, she was so food aggressive it was scary! She'd track the movement of anything in the room with her, she snapped at everything and everyone who came near her tub. I was feeding her more than enough food, and she was still so convinced she was going to be starved again she would not stop snapping. I am convinced to this day she would have eaten until she burst herself if I had let her.

    It took about 3 months of steady and slightly heavy feeding and eventually she calmed down and began to act like a normal ball. Now, she's so comfortable here she even went on a little feeding strike for me to let me know it was breeding season.

    A full belly goes a long way towards making an underfed snake happy.

    Gale


    Thank you Gale-
    Its reassuring to hear your story.
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