I need help with my ball python

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Originally Posted by Twizlerz

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I just bought two live mice and as soon as I placed them in his cage, he instant went for it and killed it.

It seems like my ball python only takes live food

I am a little relieved now that I know my snake is eating ^^

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YAY!!! It's the small victories. :gj: Once he's eating regularly and you have your temps stable, you can try switching him back to F/T, if you want. One reason BPs won't go for F/T sometimes is if they aren't warm enough to target a heat signature (I heat mine for ~15 seconds with a hairdryer once they're fully thawed).

I heat mine in boiling water, to the point it's bubbling.
I had some f/t rats have their tail snap off because of the amount of heat, so if that doesn't trigger a heat signature I honestly don't know what will lol

I guess my python just prefers the "game" of hunting a mouse down.
Was fun watching that mouse being scared :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:less as it's being hunted lol

Just make sure that you don't heat them up so much that they start to cook, that will cause issues. The body temperature of a live rat is about 100 degrees so that is your target temperature.

I am monitoring his temperature everyday with a dial thermometer, it's not the "best" but it will give me some what of a reading, it's better than nothing right?

Yes, espicially if you aren't using the heat pad. The thermometer should be able to read the temperature from the heat emitter easily.