Some hatchling ball pythons won't eat?

I hatched out four clutches this year and have had a problem with two snakes out of all 4 clutches. One albino female and one normal just will not eat on their own. The normal I had to force feed but it got to the point where she passed away and kept regurging. The albino is being force fed currently because I can't loose her. Any input as to why this seems to happen with some babies or is it just my babies. The albino will not eat period, assist feeding doesnt work because it just regurges. Is it a genetic disorder or like it doesnt know how to eat or something? any input would be great and if anyone else has had this happen I'd love to hear.

Maybe its like natural selection or something lol. Im sure not every baby in the wild survives. Tbh they really arent all meant to survive.

I have no experience with assist feeding though, sorry i cant be of more help! :)

That's ok but yeah, maybe some just aren't meant to live, and like you said none of them really are lol. It is just frustrating to see such a beautiful animal not eat and then die of starvation. how can something not eat? I don't understand it.

If they're regurgitating, then it's likely they have internal defects...so it's not just that they refuse to eat.
Not all deformities are visible on the outside.

(Unless you meant that the snake is just spitting it out--if that's the case, just keep putting it back in her mouth. You have more stamina than she does. When she's all worn out, she will give up and swallow it, I've only ever had one that didn't give up eventually, lol).

I dont force feed babies, but I do encourage assist feeding babies that are hard to start....that being said not all of them make it.... I know I lost a pair of smokin black pastels my first season. It hurts, but believe me the good outweighs the bad....

Try yogurt, take a syringe and inject some yogurt into there stomach, the bacteria in the yogurt like jump starts there feeding cycle/response and makes them hungry, give them roughly 12 hours after injection and offer food, i know it sounds crazy but it works.

Some animals just don't thrive...

What have you been offering as food items? I have had babies go weeks without feeding when offered rat fuzzies, but snatch up a hopper mouse or ASF the second I offered it to them.

Also, how often have you been force feeding? Doing it too often will only complicate matters, IMO.

I would put a hide in the tub. I had a het girl out of my pied clutch that didn't eat for 4 weeks. I put a hide in the tub and she hasn't missed a meal since!! Give it a try if you haven't already!

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Originally Posted by PweEzy

I would put a hide in the tub. I had a het girl out of my pied clutch that didn't eat for 4 weeks. I put a hide in the tub and she hasn't missed a meal since!! Give it a try if you haven't already!

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I second giving this a shot as well. My Champ male was eating, then stopped eating and wouldn't eat again until I put a hide. Now I'm not taking out the hide until he starts breeding.

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Originally Posted by .G&S Royal pythons.

Try yogurt, take a syringe and inject some yogurt into there stomach, the bacteria in the yogurt like jump starts there feeding cycle/response and makes them hungry, give them roughly 12 hours after injection and offer food, i know it sounds crazy but it works.

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What an interesting concept.

In any case gl with the survivor and sorry for your loss.

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Is it regurgitating, meaning it took a rodent all the way down and then you later found it had thrown it up, or is it just spitting it out? If it is spitting it out, then keep at it. I've got one baby that I had to assist feed more than ten times. It is now the best eater in my collection, eating every offering. Sometimes those slow starters turn out to be great snakes. If it is a true regurgitation, then it could have an internal defect that is causing a problem. However, I still would not give up. I've had a baby that regurgitated twice, then it started eating on its own and hasn't had any problems since. You never know, so keep at it.

What are you trying to feed her now? I would try mice and very small ones at that. I wouldn't just let her be so she passes since "in the wild not all survive", in the wild morphs don't normally get crossed, nor do eggs getting artificially incubated, nor do they eat Norwegian rats, nor do they sleep on aspen in tubs set to the perfect temperature. So if we can control pretty much all aspect of their lives why not try to control who lives and doesn't. I say you keep trying till you cant no more.

I have a female Cinny that will not eat without being jumpstarted (Assisted). She is just coming up on a year old and roughly 250 grams. She has only recently started to seem like she enjoys eating, but she doesn't seem to know what to do with food until it's in her mouth.

I havea pair of ghost bps that both wont eat for us we been force feeding ever since i got them, and guy claimed they were eating for him np.
I think I will see if i can find the parts(tubing) I need and try the yougurt on these to and see if works cause i hate to lose these ghost.

Thanks for all the help guys, and I meant to say she was spitting it out but, today she ate her first mouse on her own and I was so happy!!! Thanks again guys!