She wont Eat Agrrr

ok so i have done everything everyone has suggested , and i tried again tonight. and still for ten minutes straight, nothing. i tried the warm water, blow dryer and everything, the tank temperature is now where its suppose to be and still nothing. Im a lil frustrated at the same time its been a month and usually by now at least one of the other snakes i ve had has eaten.. i just dont understand it and it also doesnt help that the breeder is such an ass and wont respond to any of my emails.

Two questions...

1. What did you mean by "you're afraid of aggression from feeding live?" I feed 7/9 of my snakes live prey, and none of them are the least bit aggressive. As for not having access to live mice, do you have any pet stores nearby? If there's a Petco/Petsmart, you can just buy a pet mouse as a feeder.

2. Did you try a different type of prey - rat pups or ASFs? Some BPs have a strong preference, like my girl Delilah who's stuck on live mice... she won't eat rats of any kind, and very rarely a f/t mouse. Now that she's 700g I have to feed 3-4 mice at a time, which is a little annoying, but you do what you gotta do. If you really want the baby to thrive, you'll have to experiment and possibly make compromises (like feeding live or driving farther). Good luck! :oops:

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Originally Posted by BlueCinder

Ok so i have had my ball python for aaround 3- 4 weeks now. And she will not eat at all.
I contacted the breeder and they suggested i go to live , though they fed frozen thawed...
i cant feed live, a . i dont have access to live hoppers only live adults.
b. im afraid of feeding live mostly cause of aggression..

Oh i guess i should mention she is a bumblebee and she is losing weight noticably every week. She is an 09 hatchling. She lives in a 20 gallon tank with a screened lid, undertank heater and infrared heat light as well. Temps are 85 during the day and around 75-80 at night. basking temp higher then 85 .
humidity is moderate meaning 50-60%

So , my question is what do I do ?>??
adn how long is she going to be able to go without me being really worried?

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Go buy a little shoebox container, put some Aspen in it with a heat pad underneath, then try and feed it live. If you can't get a live small fuzzie, then do all BG says and try and feed frozen. If this still doesn't work, you're going to have to find small live feeders.


The last resort is force feeding, but if you do what BG says....... 99.9% success rate. Big Gunns guarantees it. :gj: