Took in a stubborn Pinstripe..

I'm quite pleased with him, I've already fallen in love. :)
I picked him up from another member on this forum who had not been able to get him to eat since she purchased him back in August and was no longer able to keep him. She tried everything from hamsters to one week of Flagyl with no luck. He's lost 200-300g since August, a bit skinny but not as bad as my other two were when I brought them home. Hopefully I'll have as good of luck getting him to eat as I did with my other picky eaters.
He's happily situated in a quarantine tub and I'm giving him about 5 days before offering food.
So, since you all love pictures so much and since I am so smitten by him I thought I'd toss up a few I took before letting him get situated.

A big thank you to Kasey for allowing me to adopt him and also to Luke for referring me to her. :)

By the way, he's an '08 sitting at 722g.

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He's really cute!

He's so pretty! Good luck getting him to eat, I'm sure after adjusting he may come around. :gj:

Real nice looking snake, wish the best of luck on getting him to eat. :gj:

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Originally Posted by LGray23

He's so pretty! Good luck getting him to eat, I'm sure after adjusting he may come around. :gj:

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Hopefully he will! If I can get him back on track I'll be purchasing a female Bee to pair him with.

He is a good looking pin!! Congrats and good luck with getting him feeding again :gj:

nice pick up! My pinstripe female started off that way, didn't eat for two months got down to 49 grams, but then all of a sudden something clicked and she more then doubled her weight in just a couple months. Shes one of my best eaters now. He'll come around

Glad you like him. He's such a sweet heart. I hope he likes it better at your place and starts to eat already :)

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Originally Posted by kb1290

Glad you like him. He's such a sweet heart. I hope he likes it better at your place and starts to eat already :)

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He definitely is a sweetheart. :) I'll keep you updated on how it goes with him. Thanks again and I hope your cat recovers well from the surgery today!

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

He definitely is a sweetheart. :) I'll keep you updated on how it goes with him. Thanks again and I hope your cat recovers well from the surgery today!

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No thank you for taking care of him. The cat is doing well a little loopy but good, she has a lot of vet visits in her future til shes fully healed.

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Good Luck.

well i knew you'd love him and you seem to have a gift with ball pythons. i knew it wasnt the best idea to have him shipped out my way.

if you get him back on track and are able to breed him you better send me a baby! ;)

glad i could help put you two together. :)

to the previous owner. i hope you dont get discouraged. sometimes these guys get it in their heads to not eat. it may have been one or combination of a hundred reasons.

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

well i knew you'd love him and you seem to have a gift with ball pythons. i knew it wasnt the best idea to have him shipped out my way.

if you get him back on track and are able to breed him you better send me a baby! ;)

glad i could help put you two together. :)

to the previous owner. i hope you dont get discouraged. sometimes these guys get it in their heads to not eat. it may have been one or combination of a hundred reasons.

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Definitely not discouraged. Just not at the right point in life to keep as many balls as I want, lol don't we all have that problem. Im glad he has a good home and if I can get one whenever he has babies I definately call dibs on one as well :)

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Good Luck.

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Haha no more teaser pics, it's just not fair!!

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Originally Posted by kb1290

Definitely not discouraged. Just not at the right point in life to keep as many balls as I want, lol don't we all have that problem. Im glad he has a good home and if I can get one whenever he has babies I definately call dibs on one as well :)

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Well you sure have cut down significantly! And have a Carpet Python and RTB to care for as well! Haha you've got your hands full, but I'm sure you'll be back up to 25 snakes in the future. ;) And trust me, when he gets back to breeding there will be a beautiful male Pin with your name on it. I'd be more than willing to send one your way.

hey! what about me? i helped! ;)

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

hey! what about me? i helped! ;)

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Haha we might be able to work something out as well ;) After all, I wouldn't have him if it weren't for you pointing me in the right direction! :gj:

nah, its all good. im just playin. i wasnt looking to get anything out of the deal, i just hope you can get him to eat.

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nah, its all good. im just playin. i wasnt looking to get anything out of the deal, i just hope you can get him to eat.

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:P If you insist. I hope I can, as well. He's too beautiful and I'm sure he'll look even better with more weight on him.

I wish I had people giving me snakes like that! Good luck with him.

Congrats Kymberli! I saw the ad as well and considered picking it up, but I'm glad he's in good hands. I bet you'll get him to eat first time if you try a small crawling rat pup. Sometimes a change is just what they need to get going again. :)

Mark

He is beautiful. If all else fails try a softfur:D I got a great deal on an enchi male from someone who could not get him to eat. He has taken a softfur every 5 days since I got him. Then he took a scented rat weanling!!! wohoo! Sometimes its the bedding, food, hides, temperature, ect.......... You never know. Good Luck!!

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

I'm quite pleased with him, I've already fallen in love. :)
I picked him up from another member on this forum who had not been able to get him to eat since she purchased him back in August and was no longer able to keep him. She tried everything from hamsters to one week of Flagyl with no luck. He's lost 200-300g since August, a bit skinny but not as bad as my other two were when I brought them home. Hopefully I'll have as good of luck getting him to eat as I did with my other picky eaters.
He's happily situated in a quarantine tub and I'm giving him about 5 days before offering food.
So, since you all love pictures so much and since I am so smitten by him I thought I'd toss up a few I took before letting him get situated.

A big thank you to Kasey for allowing me to adopt him and also to Luke for referring me to her. :)

By the way, he's an '08 sitting at 722g.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...3/IMG_5067.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...3/IMG_5065.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...3/IMG_5057.jpg

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Congrats! You know all the tricks so get that guy secure and eating :)

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by MarkieJ

Congrats Kymberli! I saw the ad as well and considered picking it up, but I'm glad he's in good hands. I bet you'll get him to eat first time if you try a small crawling rat pup. Sometimes a change is just what they need to get going again. :)

Mark

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I'm sure there were quite a few people willing to pick him up, he's a gorgeous example of the morph. I drove over 2hrs one way to pick him up. :P It's true though, even if everything was perfect in one home, a simple change of place can do the trick. Strange, but possible!

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Originally Posted by koloo921

He is beautiful. If all else fails try a softfur:D I got a great deal on an enchi male from someone who could not get him to eat. He has taken a softfur every 5 days since I got him. Then he took a scented rat weanling!!! wohoo! Sometimes its the bedding, food, hides, temperature, ect.......... You never know. Good Luck!!

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That is the one thing she had not tried with him, ASFs, because she could not find a local breeder. So, if all else fails, I'll be trying that. Might have better luck finding a breeder in Nevada when I move next month, I've already found the rat/mouse breeder I will be purchasing from out there.

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Originally Posted by Simple Man

Congrats! You know all the tricks so get that guy secure and eating :)

Regards,

B

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That I do! My normals constantly refused meals in their previous homes yet have never refused a single meal with me.. I hope to repeat this scenario a third time. ;)



Thank you everyone! I'll be sure to post an update on how he is doing in a couple months! :)

You're my hero Kympants :yes:

He's a cutie for sure. I :please: you get him to eat for you :)

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You're my hero Kympants :yes:

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:P No, you're my hero Sanspants.
:rofl: With all the amazing clutches!

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Originally Posted by DellaF

He's a cutie for sure. I :please: you get him to eat for you :)

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Me too! He's too cute to let whither away. I can't wait to offer him his first meal.

Good luck.... I am sure you will be able to get him to eat....

He couldn't have gone to a nicer home! Best of luck with him!

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Originally Posted by MakiMaki

He couldn't have gone to a nicer home! Best of luck with him!

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Aww thank you! :oops:

That's Great Addition... Hope he turn around.. I fell Your and previous owner pain ... My Granite was off feed for almost 4 months... and she finally took small rat this week... So be patient and Gods Speed :gj::gj::gj:

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Originally Posted by Aes_Sidhe

That's Great Addition... Hope he turn around.. I fell Your and previous owner pain ... My Granite was off feed for almost 4 months... and she finally took small rat this week... So be patient and Gods Speed :gj::gj::gj:

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Definitely going to take some patience. He's coming up on 11 months off feed. I was told he was around 1100g and was a proven breeder who never refused a meal while with Boas and Balls. It would be nice to get him back up to 1000g+.

He surely is a very nice looking snake! Good Luck with getting him to eat again. Geeze, I was freaking out when my snake went 43 days without food, but 11 months, that is just crazy! :O

He's in good hands.
Hope you get him to eat soon!

nice snake i love pins. i picked up one last year that wouldn't eat for anything and needed to be assit feed several times. finnaly i got him on live hoppers then f/t hoppers, then live rat pups then finnaly f/t rat pups. it was a little stressfull because he was so little http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...ead_667491.jpg

but now he's pounding weanling rats and has just about caught up to our other 2010 as you can see in this group shothttp://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file.../snake_mix.jpg

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Originally Posted by Kymberli

Definitely going to take some patience. He's coming up on 11 months off feed. I was told he was around 1100g and was a proven breeder who never refused a meal while with Boas and Balls. It would be nice to get him back up to 1000g+.

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i wouldn't let it stress you out to much i had a ball go of food for 18 months back in the 90's when they were mostly wild caught, but it did start feeding again on it's own and when it did i gained back all the weight it had lost in just a couple of months

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i wouldn't let it stress you out to much i had a ball go of food for 18 months back in the 90's when they were mostly wild caught, but it did start feeding again on it's own and when it did i gained back all the weight it had lost in just a couple of months

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That Pin you have looks great now! I'd definitely be more worried if mine was smaller, but considering he's still sitting at around 700g and his spine isn't protruding too much (granted he's lost 300-400g) I'm not worried about him right now. I've heard stories of BPs going off feed for over one year and have recovered fine. Hopefully he does not require assist feeding, though I highly doubt he would considering he was eating perfectly fine from 2008 to August of 2010. Sometimes it just takes a change of scenery. :)

He's pretty. I bet he'll eat for you, it was breeding season and boys get kind of loopy :P

i know I sure do! :P

^ haha!!! :8:

And congrats on the new male!! After reading other success stories about snakes with you, I'm sure he'll start eating in no time! Good luck!

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

i know I sure do! :P

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x2 and were not alone. a guy almost backed over me on a fork lift last year when a pretty lady walked past in some tight white pants. LOL:rolleyes:

women are freakin dangerous! they should come with a surgeon general's warning.

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x2 and were not alone. a guy almost backed over me on a fork lift last year when a pretty lady walked past in some tight white pants. LOL:rolleyes:

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:8: :rofl: That got me good!

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Originally Posted by cecilbturtle

women are freakin dangerous! they should come with a surgeon general's warning.

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yes they are and god bless em:D

there are a few girls on bp.net i wouldnt mind getting hit by forklift for :P

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there are a few girls on bp.net i wouldnt mind getting hit by forklift for :P

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i would like to think that they don't know the power that they hold over us, but truth be told all of the fairer sex are very aware that they have the control over most situations in our lives:oops:

oh they know. i have 6 older sisters. trust me. they know EXACTLY what they do to us :)

Hahaha you two are a crackup :rofl: Keep in mind the topic of this thread is supposed to be my new stubborn Pin.. not so much in the direction of the power us females hold :P

too late! HIJACKED! :devilish:

Hahaha apparently!!! :hijackd:

i wish there was a forklift emoticon. i can hear the "beep beep beep" as i type but i just cant seem to get my feet to move :P