All these food refusals lately! Anyone else experiencing this?

Well, today was my ball python feeding day, and I had a record number of refusals. Only three out of my 15 ball pythons ate their meals! Only one looks to be in shed, and a couple might possibly be gravid. All of my corns, kings and boa constictors are eating like pigs, but it amazes me how many of my balls are off feed right now. I'm thinking there must be something about this time of year. Just curious if any of you are exeriencing the same thing?

My garbage disposal female passed on her rat this week. Though I think I was handling her a little more than usual, I cleaned her cage right before feeding. She was kind of antsy anyways.

my pastel just ate for the first time in a month last night... but 3/15 that seems like a huge percentage of your bps so maybe double check all their temps etc..??

OH GOD, YES.

For the last 4 months of winter, the brats have been on and off their food and only recently is starting to take again. Had the same problem last winter but I'm smarter this time around--

I only offer food if they come to the front of the tank at night during the winter months (which is sometimes once every two weeks or so) so not only do I not waste rats but they're getting conditioned to come up to me if they're hungry.

(actually, it's probably the other way around--I'm all "hey, look I can make the pythons come to me by pretending I have food." and they're all like "hey, look I can make the human give me food just by coming up to the front of the tub.")

its normal. I have 30 bps and I went a week with out any of them taking their food. Its just that time of year.

Join the club! It's normal and very frustrating. I want you to imagine the agony watching a $5-10k high end female or multiple females refuse food for a few months :neener: and setting them back another year... Then you have that normal female who just CHOWS and says "breed me in 18 months!" :frustrate:

ugh me too!!! My pig of a female is going on 9 weeks since her last meal... can't stand it!

Eh... It's normal. Don't lose sleep over it.

Yup its that time of the year. Most of mine went off feed around Mid Dec. Right after our first good cold snap here Florida. Out of 11 I get maybe 1-3 take food right now.

One of my males for the first time in his life showed no interest in a rat last night LOL

My strongest feeding male out of them all. Wanted nothing to do with it.

Me too... Last two weeks i been having problems...i was just joking with my wife and told her i think the snakes got together and went on strike.....:colbert:

expect it every year

Gosh yes. Of course it's nothing new, balls will be balls. :rolleyes: It just frustrates me, as it does every single year. Everyone else is eating great; it's just those darned balls!

It is just the little gift they give us, reduced feeder bills.

Breeding season is that magical time of the year where they quit eating, and then give us gifts of eggs........ Even if your not breeding doesnt mean its not on their mind

My ball python has been off food for like nearly two months now! This is her first major fast since we first got her! Drivin' me bonkers!

Mines been eating like a pig all winter.

She has been a bit more active the past week or so, guessing she senses spring coming?

Its the WORST! My Lesser was off for 4 months and is just starting to feed regularly. Even my Garbage disposal female isnt eating but thats because shes gravid so I'm not complaining. On the Plus side I'm making some cash with all these extra rodents I'm producing but not using;):D

I guess there is a small plus side to it in the money savings. I've got a bunch of extra rats growing up to be boa constrictor food now. It will save me from having to buy a bunch of bigger frozen rats from RodentPro any time soon. Still frustrating though......

Actually I am going through the opposite everyone that was on food strike is slowly starting to resume feeding.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Actually I am going through the opposite everyone that was on food strike is slowly starting to resume feeding.

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Must be nice..... Mine are still very much on strike again this week. I had a measly FOUR out of fifteen accept their meals this time around. Same ones that have been eating took their meals, plus one I was hoping had only refused her meal last week due to being gravid. No such luck!

My Albino and Normal are still eating like pigs chowing down on mice every week ...