Odd Behavior?

Well I held my new baby ball today for the first time. I got him a week ago today. He is pretty chill didn't really jump or wasn't too scared either. But what I was wondering is when he started moving up my arm he would wrap all the way around and start like flexing? And his scales would push backwards on my arm. It doesn't hurt, it just makes me wonder if he is trying to shed? and use my arm as a rubbing post or what? lol

maybe he's just having a hard time moving about your arms, when handling him just hold him with both your hands it'll make him more comfy

not an expert JMO

I would say he is trying to find his balance, and all he can do is indeed use his muscles.

My baby was doing the same when she was not long and strong enough to really control herself around my arm.

I highly doubt it has anything to do with shedding.

Just like Cinner said, they need to have two 'supporting points' to be comfortable/able to move themselves properly.


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maybe she fell like want to fall off from ur hand.they r not a good climber,so you need to be careful when let ur bp climb ur hand.

That sounds like he was just holding on....to keep from falling.

Lol thanks everyone I was just curious. It felt really weird too. I'm sitting here with a Ball Python arm band around my elbow and its flexing haha

And can I feed him a baby hamster? He rejected a rat and I havn't tried hoppers yet, but he hasnt eaten in like three weeks so I want something to work.

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Originally Posted by Terretes

And can I feed him a baby hamster? He rejected a rat and I havn't tried hoppers yet, but he hasnt eaten in like three weeks so I want something to work.

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I would not reccomend you feeding a baby hamster to your snake. These little creatures have extremely sharp teeth and could really hurt your snake. Have you tried a small adult mouse?

Hamsters/ gerbils = bad news. Don't do it. If he's refusing food stop handling immediately only handle when absolutely necessary. Check your husbandry. If it's not a shed then stress sounds like your culprit for refusing food. These guys won't starve to death but stress will cause him to refuse food. Try adult mice only offer 1 every 5 days. If he doesn't eat it try again in 5 days. Don't offer him to much as it will cause him to get stressed.

Are you sure he can eat an adult mouse? He is only 17 long and about He just refused a Hopper today. I didn't try the hamster. But he is all over his tank looking around and stuff but he just doesn't want to eat. I put the hopper in his hide that he is usually so I hope he eats it overnight. Heres some pics of him.

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I'd say too small for an adult mouse. Keep away from hamsters. Personally, I would try a fuzzy mouse or a couple of pinkies.

Is it creepy that I like to scrutinize pics to find stuff like that puppy dog drawing? :P

Lolz my girlfriend drew that for me <3 but theres a problem with the live hoppers and fuzzy thing. I cant find anywhere that sells them live.

I'm still pretty new to this, but that hide looks really big for such a small BP. You might want to try putting a few smaller ones in there until he's older. They really like to squeeze into tiny spaces for their hides. I'm amazed how small, sometimes!

Lolz yea I read that too. Thats why I put a little one in there but he never uses it. He is always in his hot hide.

Well he's small yes Girth wise anyways. You should at least give him mouse weans. I've never used rat pinkies and most def not mouse pinks. Even with new babies that I've had to assist feed a hopper worked really well. But most of my hatchers go right to weaned mice as their first meal. If they get freaked out by the mouse weanling I use a hopper the next meal so they get the jist of it. But then they go right back to the weans. I would try to find a couple small mice or you can order a litter or two from the Petstore. They'll come with mom too but youll end up feeding her off to pretty quickly. You'll just need To set up like a container or 5 gallon tank. Whatever to house mom and the litter in while you feed them off one by one or more every 5 days.

Well do you guys think I should try and feed live? If I can find a small enough mouse? And to be honest i've never seen this little guy open his mouth once yet. He is always flicking his tongue out though. Idk if thats a good sign or something but maybe it is.

That is a good sign. They don't really open their mouths. They yawn every once in a while. But really thats about it. Seems like Shes taken to live. Were you trying ft before? Had she ever eaten ft? Sometimes they are a pain in the arse to switch over. But ya stick with live for a which. Once she has a more stable feeding regimen you could try to switch her to ft. But personally I stick with live bc it's easier for me. Anyways. Try and Get like a small mouse. I generally judge baby prey by their girth. If I have a really small baby I feed hoppers till they get some girth. But most of my hatchlings have been able to be put right on sml mice.

Sweet i'll go to our local store and see what they got for tiny mice. but the pet store didn't feed them yet because they just got them in so yea bad part on me for buying.

I believe I already said this but you may have to special order a whole litter. They'll come with mom and you'll have a months worth of food.

He may not be comfortable enough to eat. what is the temp. of this enclosure? is one side hotter than the other? My ball python went 5 weeks without eating anything. Just try offereing food weekly and she will eat when she is hungry

Yes everyone he ate. I had to take a small adult mouse and dangle it in front of him. It took him a few strikes to get it but he did and had a good meal. :D