still not eating

i have previouly left a mouse in the tank for a few hours but to no luck - with the prescent idea you suggest shoul di put the mouse in a smaller container?and leave it near or in the tank?

looking at the temps ion teh tank tbh they are def not 25 degrees off - they are prb correct give or take 1 - 2 degrees. Only know as I like to keep my room pretty warm and friend has a digital thermo which i borrowed just to check as for the humi not sure bout that one as only got the one method to check

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i have previouly left a mouse in the tank for a few hours but to no luck - with the prescent idea you suggest shoul di put the mouse in a smaller container?and leave it near or in the tank?

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Never ever leave a mouse in the cage unattended. Can cause serious injury to a non hungry snake. The prescent thing, i take a gladware container and put many holes in it, put the mosue in it and then put it ontop of the mesh screen for atleast 30 min. My snake goes crazy!:rolleye2:

i dont feed live mice - so no worries bout it hurting the snake
will it still work with a dead mouse?

probably does it stink? lol Move the mouse around make it look alive. Fish for snake if you catch my drift.:snake2:

Bump up your temps. 92-94, 82-84 ambient.

If a dial thermometer is reading 80 degrees on the cool end, there's a good chance that at night, your temps are dipping even lower than that - a perfect receipe to kill the feeding response of a ball python.

You could try feeding live. :mouse2:

its ilegal to feed animals other live animals in the UK, so not really an option

Is it illegal like its illegal to speed on the highway, or illegal like illegal to smoke crack?

Either way, if I had the choice between following a law or doing something for the welfare of a living thing, my moral principles would have me break that law. Thats just me though....

Either way, your first step is to figure out exactly where you are as far as temperatures go. Once you figure that out, you make adjustments from there.

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they are dial therms, looking at it, there is porb the same amount of groundspace as in yours, Nice BP I like the black running straight down its back

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Thanks! However, if your enclosure is the floorspace of a 20 gallon, mine is MUCH smaller than that. It's a 15 quart tub.

And ditch the dials. Go to a hardware type store in the UK and purchase a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer that also measures the humidity. Well worth the investment to make SURE that your temps are correct.

So, another question - how snug are your hides? Is your snake kept in a high or low traffic area of your home (you may have already answered this, so my apologies if I'm making you repeat yourself.