Bite wound

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Originally Posted by Diceman

He goes through this every year lol the temps are good trust me that was the first thing I checked and all the other snakes are eating good ive checked him for parasites and everything other then the fact he wont eat hes acting completely normal maybe one or twice a week we have some fairly cold nights (low 70's in my room) but other then that its the same as always

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Low 70's in your room are not "good" as far as temps go. Temperature, humidity, and stress are the top 3 reasons that ball pythons go off feed. Fix those, and your snake will eat.

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Originally Posted by Diceman

I got the chicken broth idea from a few other ball keepers on AIM which I plan on trying soon..if you dont wanna tell me how to properly feed live thats fine but im tired of asking lol

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I've heard of using chicken broth on WC import green tree pythons and emerald tree boas, but in 25 years of keeping ball pythons I've never heard of it being needed or effective for them.

-adam

It hits the low 70's maybe 2 nights a week from about id say 11:00-12:00 to probably 8 or 9 in the morning...and trust me I keep an eye on my snakes and where their at and the ball stays on the cool side so im sure when he wants to get warmer he will go on the warm side like he normally does

Ill ask some other experts about how to properly feed live

A member of this forum the one who told me I should try chicken broth has used it to get Sarabi to feed a couple time...so it works

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Originally Posted by Diceman

It hits the low 70's maybe 2 nights a week from about id say 11:00-12:00 to probably 8 or 9 in the morning...and trust me I keep an eye on my snakes and where their at and the ball stays on the cool side so im sure when he wants to get warmer he will go on the warm side like he normally does

Ill ask some other experts about how to properly feed live

A member of this forum the one who told me I should try chicken broth has used it to get Sarabi to feed a couple time...so it works

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I stand corrected then, sounds like you know what you're doing. I'm sure your ball python is fasting and all 250+ of mine are eating because I'm wrong. ;)

Good luck with that. :D

-adam

adam gave some feeding tips on page 2.

feed how you want and what your snake will eat steadily.


vaughn

No need to be a smartass all I asked from the very begining was for you to tell me how to properly feed a snake a live rat so I could do that but instead you gave me a bunch of info I never asked for...doesnt matter how many snakes you have or years youve been doing it doesnt mean you have the right to be a smartass to someone who is trying to learn...if you would like to answer my question id be glad to hear the answer from someone with exp on it but if not a simple no when of been much nicer and saved me time

Im gonna stop posting on this topic before things get any worse if you decide to answer my question feel free to PM me

would you like to know how i feed live to my snakes?

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Originally Posted by mr~python

would you like to know how i feed live to my snakes?

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LMAO!

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Was the snake fed in the cage? Hides in tact? Given at least 15 - 30 minutes with the mouse in the room prior to being offered? Was the mouse dropped in the cage gently on the opposite side from the snake? Were there people in the room watching to make the snake a little less secure? Was there a change in the usualy feeding routine?

Snakes are very very very good at hitting, killing, and eating live prey ... if there was an injury, there was probably a reason for it. Something made the snake hit the mouse at the wrong "spot". ;)

-adam

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adam,

i used this technique tonight for dexter. normally i don't let the mouse sit for anytime at all, just pop it into his viv, but after reading your post... i would rather do it right all the time than fix a problem later on...

so i sat the box with the mouse beside his viv and removed the lid, getting the water dish as i hadn't cleaned it yet today... when i came back into the room (perhaps 2 minutes later) {kids were watching that dexter didn't leave his viv} - dexter was in strike posture... so i opened the box and gently placed the mouse at the opposite end of his viv (and for the first time didn't remove any of his hides - i was removing all of them except the one he was in) - well he stayed in strike position... waited patiently for the mouse to come over to his side of the viv and WHAM he took the mouse down perfectly. AND as an added treat, he was kind enough to eat it right at the end of his viv so we could sit and watch him! (i put his water dish back in after he coiled on the mouse - very quickly and then put the lid on his viv)

so, thank you for making dexter's dinner even better tonight!
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