Ignoring the offered food and reaching up and out of the enclosure

I also just fed a half hour ago and had this exact this behavior . my clown who has been a dumpster since I got him has been refusing to eat but seems he rather be out looking around , so I'm just assuming he is off feed for a while but he continues to breed my enchi and lesser girls. Just keep offering.

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Originally Posted by Sallos

She smells whatever is coming from the kitchen and says forget the rat i want some of THAT.

Is it like she's trying to get out and explore? I wonder what would happen if you brought her out for some exercise before feeding? (I know it's frowned upon to do that, but if she isn't eating anyway...)

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:P She wants some roast chicken and bread. LOL

No, I don't think it's exploring, because the whole body language looks like feeding response/she smells the food and comes out after it. But for some reason, ignores the food, as if there's better food past it. LOL. I'll just put it off as ball pythons being weird.

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I also just fed a half hour ago and had this exact this behavior . my clown who has been a dumpster since I got him has been refusing to eat but seems he rather be out looking around , so I'm just assuming he is off feed for a while but he continues to breed my enchi and lesser girls. Just keep offering.

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I see, being an adult, it would make more sense to do. I just wish it wasn't this 200g little thing refusing food.

that's just the signs/start of a fasting/hunger strike. :/

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:P She wants some roast chicken and bread. LOL

No, I don't think it's exploring, because the whole body language looks like feeding response/she smells the food and comes out after it. But for some reason, ignores the food, as if there's better food past it. LOL. I'll just put it off as ball pythons being weird.

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Is she moving past it towards your hand or a different direction? I feel mine does this sometimes because the temp of my hand may be a little warmer than the rat. When he does, I move the rat into his face, but if he doesn't take, I take the rat and blow dry it some more.


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Is she moving past it towards your hand or a different direction? I feel mine does this sometimes because the temp of my hand may be a little warmer than the rat. When he does, I move the rat into his face, but if he doesn't take, I take the rat and blow dry it some more.


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Sometimes towards my hand, sometimes just UP and out into the sky LOL. Even if I reheat and offer over and over, she (or whoever does this) doesn't take. I guess it's just part of how they act with some hunger strikes or refusing food in general like Ax said.

I used to have this happen a lot when I fed frozen thawed, I think it's because the temps were not right. Since I switched to fresh killed this rarely happens, usually they act like they want to strike it but just don't strike (for my non-feeders). They don't really ignore it like back in the day when I did frozen thawed. Maybe it's a combo of the temp and smell that's just not right.

Had this happen, heating it up again fixed it for me.