newbie on bp

I wouldn't worry too much. BP are known to go off feed for extended periods of time. Reptiles and snake especially are very hardy creatures. I've heard of adult BP not eating for 6+ months and not loose an ounce of weight. Remember the bigger they are the less they'll move and less energy consumed means not having to eat as often. Even more so I you feed it larger prey like rats. You could also talk to a local vet. I've also heard if you expose the brain of its prey or soak the mouse in chicken broth it might coax it to feed.

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Originally Posted by carter96281

I've also heard if you expose the brain of its prey or soak the mouse in chicken broth it might coax it to feed.

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"Braining" is a technique used with pinky mice to coax hatchling corn, king, and milk snakes to take a rodent as their first meal.

Chicken broth is a technique sometimes used for getting wild caught arboreal species like green tree pythons and emerald tree boas, that sometimes consume birds as prey, to eat rodents in captivity.

Neither suggestion is realistically effective for getting a fasting ball python to eat.

-adam