Gunna Start going crazy! Help?!

ok so another update!

Good news :

The brown is clearing up well! Its almost all gone. The daily betadine treatment is working perfect!!!!

Bad news :

Still has not eaten. Offered her a live mouse hopper and she had no interest in it at all. So tomorrow I am going to do an assist feeding and hope she takes!!

Wish me luck everyone.

And yes if a couple assist feedings dont work I will take her to the VET. I am just holding off because I would rather try to figure it out on my own right now then pay out the arse for a exotic vet here in town.

How old/heavy is your ball python?
about the eating situation I can offer some personal-experience advice .. my first ball python pretty much never refused food .. when she reached about 1kg in weight she suddenly decided to take an 8 MONTH period off feed .. I never tried assist feeding her or whatever, after 8 months she started feeding again and is feeding normaly yet again .. in those 8 months of non feeding she lost about 130g .. so as long as your python isn't loosing weight rapidly you should not worry about it not feeding (of course it depends on how old and heavy the python is .. which brings me to the previous question .. how old / heavy is your python)?

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Originally Posted by sasT

How old/heavy is your ball python?
about the eating situation I can offer some personal-experience advice .. my first ball python pretty much never refused food .. when she reached about 1kg in weight she suddenly decided to take an 8 MONTH period off feed .. I never tried assist feeding her or whatever, after 8 months she started feeding again and is feeding normaly yet again .. in those 8 months of non feeding she lost about 130g .. so as long as your python isn't loosing weight rapidly you should not worry about it not feeding (of course it depends on how old and heavy the python is .. which brings me to the previous question .. how old / heavy is your python)?

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Exact thing happened to me. At about 1,000g she just decided she had enough! I had this happen to a friend as well. That snake is still a picky eater to this day. Fortunately, my snake broke her fast a few months ago and has been eating every week since. What got her to break the fast was bringing home a breeding trio of ASFs :)

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Originally Posted by sasT

How old/heavy is your ball python?
about the eating situation I can offer some personal-experience advice .. my first ball python pretty much never refused food .. when she reached about 1kg in weight she suddenly decided to take an 8 MONTH period off feed .. I never tried assist feeding her or whatever, after 8 months she started feeding again and is feeding normaly yet again .. in those 8 months of non feeding she lost about 130g .. so as long as your python isn't loosing weight rapidly you should not worry about it not feeding (of course it depends on how old and heavy the python is .. which brings me to the previous question .. how old / heavy is your python)?

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45 grams-ish. She is just a tiny thing. I would say less then 4 months old. Maybe younger.

Could you perhaps snap a picture of her tub setup?

I assume you aren't handling her at all except for cage maintenance?

At this point I might consider an assist feed. I have never needed to assist feed so I can't really help you out on that one, perhaps someone else can chime in.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Could you perhaps snap a picture of her tub setup?

I assume you aren't handling her at all except for cage maintenance?

At this point I might consider an assist feed. I have never needed to assist feed so I can't really help you out on that one, perhaps someone else can chime in.

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I had no choice but to assist feed my Fire male.
After a 90+ day fast, he was losing weight and looked 'triangular' and flabby.

He was never a good eater to start with and is much smaller than he should be at his age.

[he was a "bargain price!" and if I knew then what I know now...]

I gave him 3 F/T very small mice, with great difficulty and finally, he ate on his own and is back to his usual finicky but vicious killer self.

The local herp guy said that sometimes, they'll get so fed up with having a mouse stuffed down their throat that they start to eat on their own.

Apparently it worked, even if that's not the actual science/psychology behind it.

If you assist/force feed, be VERY careful doing it.

45 grams? that is lighter than a hatchling .. assist feed asap .. don't wait any longer or it will be too late
about assist feeding - I had to do it twice on my lemonblast male when he was about 3 months old (he wouldn't eat anything on his own, no matter what I tried) .. now he is 1 year old and peeking 600g
anyway if you don't get food into your 45g python VERY soon .. im affraid to say .. but she will not last long
on how to assist feed -> there are many videos on youtube :)
best of luck to you

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