Eating problems?

I was wondering how many here have Ball Pythons that aren't eating.
I was able to feed my ball pythons last wednesday do to the fact that I had no power.
I tried feeding them this saturday pre-killed for the first time, and they wouldn't take it. So I put them in the freezer, waited till midnight to try again. No luck again ...
... tried today ... no luck.
I'll try Wednesday again and see what happens.
Why do the go off feed anyways?
I doubt its breeding related because my ball pythons are still babies.

7 weeks now. This week i'm trying an even smaller rodent than last week. They are both nice fat males, and this is about that time of the year. I'm not extremely worried yet. Andy went for 4 months last year.

I don't understand why Tantrum isn't eating shes a 4 month old female.

I'll try a smaller rat next week too.

4wks for me. i just switched rex into a new tank, im gonna feed him a mouse the next feed, get him to eat something, then ill try the rat again. rex is small to. so dont ask me lol, i was wondering the same thing. hes only about 2.5in.

My BP's been eating fine, but my VB's going on 7 weeks now (not counting the regurge). It's so frustrating.

Monty Joe is going on his 8th week.....

It truely is frustrating, I just want to break down and cry. :(
She's a baby in my opinion only 4 months old, and around two feet.
I'll try my very best to get her back on feeding.
I think it might have to do with the smell.
The ones I bought don't smell like rear-end. Maybe its cause they're pre-killed a day ago.

Orpheus is eating fine infact I just moved him from mice to rat pups last week. you never know though its a feeding to feeding things with some snakes

Blink, have you tried scenting?

I fed her F/T Rats before without having to scent.
So I don't know what's going on this week.
Maybe it's cause I didn't feed her on her usual day.

I wouldn't think that'd be a huge deal...in the wild they don't really get fed on a schedule, and both my girls are fed on a staggered schedule sometimes and Roo's never taken badly to it. She's usually just a more aggressive feeder on days that fall later than usual on her feeding time. Maybe yours is just picky? ;)
Maybe she's just not feeling well, or preparing to go into a shed and just a little grumpy. Maybe she's been handled too much, or something from the last meal upset her tummy or took longer to digest...could be any number of things.
I'd try scenting with a gerbil or, if things get really drastic, feeding a f/t gerbil (or maybe a baby dwarf ham, since she's so small). I've found that generally picks Roo right back up out of her slump.
Good luck!

I've heard bad things about Gerbils (AKA Ball Python Crack)
I don't want her getting stuck on eating gerbils.
Those little buggers are expensive too.

I used to be wary of that too, but I had to resort to feeding them to Roo twice when she was feed striking and she takes f/t rats now no problem. I think it's an issue of their being fed nothing but gerbils for an extended period of time, and then having to switch over. If you're just scenting, you can keep re-using the gerbil to scent with for quite some time so I've been told. Soiled bedding is a good try for scenting as well, just get the thawed feeder a little wet and let 'em flop around in there for awhile until they dry off.

I think I know why she isn't taking the rats this time, last time I feed her they smelled EXACTLY like the mouse I also bought.
I bought them in Petco, the rats and mice are stored in the same Rubbermaid but in different bags.
You think that could be why. :shock: