Appetite Stimulaters

Has anyone of you guys tried any appetite stimulators on your off the feed BPs? Do they work?
Thanks,
Marty

Never tried them never had too.. if you snake was feeding before then it will start feeding again, if not then there is a reason i.e illness, husbandry, breeding ect.

im looking for it too.... lol...

my female have been with me for 2 mths.. first day with me was 800g.. then meal time was 5 days a time.. after a mth.. change to 7days a time.. then suddenly.. friday was her feeding day.. i wan to feed her.. she went off feed.. and coil herself up.. i try to use tong n shake the rat in front of her she show no interests... wat m i goin to do?:confused:

fyi, her weigh now is 1080g..

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Originally Posted by qinw

im looking for it too.... lol...

my female have been with me for 2 mths.. first day with me was 800g.. then meal time was 5 days a time.. after a mth.. change to 7days a time.. then suddenly.. friday was her feeding day.. i wan to feed her.. she went off feed.. and coil herself up.. i try to use tong n shake the rat in front of her she show no interests... wat m i goin to do?:confused:

fyi, her weigh now is 1080g..

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There's no need.. Ball pythons miss meals all the time... Example

Got a Lemon blast back in March.. He was 450 grams great looking little guy..Never ate..didn't eat for 2 months...I didn't worry, why he didn't get to be 450 grams not eating, I waited and kept offering a rat every week, then after about 8 weeks he ate..not he pounds rats and just fine..

Healthy, subadult, snakes can go months without food and do it all the time, it's scary at first, frustrating after a time then it gets to be part of it.

I have some 1000 gram females that went off feed 3 to 4 months ago and are still being stuborn about eating. I was hopeing to get there weight up to breeding size for this season.

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Originally Posted by mpenny

I have some 1000 gram females that went off feed 3 to 4 months ago and are still being stuborn about eating. I was hopeing to get there weight up to breeding size for this season.

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Yep it happens.. pumping them full of some chemical to get them to breeding weight is a no no..

Rule #3 of Murphy's law of snake Breeding "Not every snake will reach maturity or be able to breed when you wanted it too.."

Welcome to the world of Ball Python Breeding

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Originally Posted by mpenny

I have some 1000 gram females that went off feed 3 to 4 months ago and are still being stuborn about eating. I was hopeing to get there weight up to breeding size for this season.

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Ruh Roh, not the famous 1000 gram wall :rolleye2:
I've not experienced it myself, but others will tell you of the horrors of the 1000 gram wall :crying:

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

There's no need.. Ball pythons miss meals all the time... Example

Got a Lemon blast back in March.. He was 450 grams great looking little guy..Never ate..didn't eat for 2 months...I didn't worry, why he didn't get to be 450 grams not eating, I waited and kept offering a rat every week, then after about 8 weeks he ate..not he pounds rats and just fine..

Healthy, subadult, snakes can go months without food and do it all the time, it's scary at first, frustrating after a time then it gets to be part of it.

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You do need to worry with some Balls though...mainly ones that have been breeding. They will starve themselves to death if not given a food they want.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Ruh Roh, not the famous 1000 gram wall :rolleye2:
I've not experienced it myself, but others will tell you of the horrors of the 1000 gram wall :crying:

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BG knows how to knock that "wall" down. Sorry fans...this leeetle secret is worth millions.;):D BG is sure someone a lot nicer than him might give you all some suggestions.:D

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

You do need to worry with some Balls though...mainly ones that have been breeding. They will starve themselves to death if not given a food they want.

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Yea I should have made that more clear.. Good point

oh no.. wat the the 1000g wall? im trying to breed her in the near future when she hit 1300-1500g.. but now she seem no interested in wadever food i give her.. how how? how to break the wall? :confused:

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Originally Posted by qinw

oh no.. wat the the 1000g wall? im trying to breed her in the near future when she hit 1300-1500g.. but now she seem no interested in wadever food i give her.. how how? how to break the wall? :confused:

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You wait it out. You can't push these girls. She may not get to weight this season - but she may.

Many females hit a wall at about 900 grams or so and will just stop eating - they'll eat again when they're ready to.

Damned wall anyway. I guess no one said this was going to be easy. Any other tricks anyone wants to revel?

Appetite stimulants = snake oil (har har).

Just wait her out. Offer once a week. Eventually she'll eat again.

Don't offer her anything exotic. Just offer her a slightly undersized item of whatever she was eating before.

I've run into that wall myself.

One girl hit it at 800 grams, one at 620, and one at 450. All three ate like champs, then one day....nothing.

I kept on trying, week by week. It was very frustrating and worrisome, thank goodness I'd been here long enough to know I just had to wait it out.

Eventually the biggest girl took her f/t rat, two weeks in a row in fact, now she's not eating again. The other two I broke down and offered live, because they were loosing proportionately more weight, now they've both taken three meals in a row, and I'm happy again. Now if I can just get that big het pied eating again......

Gale

I have had rescue balls go off feed for close to 9 months, they all come back around assuming everything (husbandry,health) is doing ok.

My albino female went off feed 3 months ago at 978g. Just picked up feeding 2 weeks ago and is slamming wean rats every 5 days and is back up to 1024grams.

Yep, I have a pair of Fires that were my best feeders and then just stopped feeding. The female has gone back on feed intermittently but definitely nowhere near the consistency she once was. The male started feeding again and then stopped for two months. Unfortunately, these animals don't necessarily follow their owners' breeding schedules :mad: