Will feeding response change?

Will the response change if I move an adult ball python to a smaller tub? Say a 41 qt to a 32 qt tub? If it does or has happened to others than I gotta build another rack lol.

I'm sure it happens, in the end it depends on how "sensitive" your snake is to change...

I have an adult male Spider that won't eat in a 32 qt tub but is a ferocious feeder in a 15 qt ( only thing he seems comfortable in ). :(

Are you trying to get the snake to eat bc its not eating or are you worried that the snake will stop eating once you move it into the smaller tub?

I have adults that will not feed in a tub of any size and adults that will not feed unless in a tub. Every snake is different, you are going to get the gamut of responses it is breeding season and typically adults don't feed well during this time.

no i have an adult female and I moved it into a 32 qt tub when I got him. But she's not eating, even though I tried every method and had a hide in the tub. So I'm just wondering if lets just say the breeder kept her in a cb 70 tub and because I moved her into a smaller tub she doesnt want to eat.

I'm sure it has something to do with breeding season. Just try again in week.

no the only problem is that the breeder told me that she wasnt a problem eater and ate every single week except for during sheds. Thats whats bothering me. Why would she randomly go off feed when I was told she was a great feeder.

I have moved adults into my collection and one in particular stopped eating after the move for 9 months. Moving stress he is now eating regularly but for 4-5 weeks around breeding season. It could just be moving stress. Messing about with the animal may just make it worse offer the same food as the breeder (f/t p/k live rat or mouse or...) and maybe a bit smaller than a normal meal and just wait it out. A hungry snake will eat as long as it is adjusted to its surroundings small snakes adjust quickly but larger ones often take some time. VPI actually wrote about this in their book.

This is why I try to have my breeders in place and used to their homes well before breeding season.

I too have brought in snakes that ate well "weekly" and then stopped eating for months before I could get them going again.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

This is why I try to have my breeders in place and used to their homes well before breeding season.

I too have brought in snakes that ate well "weekly" and then stopped eating for months before I could get them going again.

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But have you had experience where the ball python hasnt eaten because he moved to a smaller enclosure? Like an adult ball python moved to a 32 qt tub from a cb 70 tub? I mean I'm doing everything that the breeder did to feed her snake the only difference is is the tub and the bedding. The breeder always fed f/t and never live.

I had my adult stop when moved in the same tub and rack just a different location for 9 months.