Doing the happy dance:D!

Finally got my baby GHI to eat her first meal with me:D Been over a month and I know balls can go for months without eating but it's been nerve wracking. It was just a mouse fuzzy but I think we're over the hump. She's super defensive but would never constrict. Tried live/ft mouse hoppers/fuzzies, rat pinks/fuzzies but nothing. Never tried braining prey items with her but I did last night and she ate as soon as I left the room. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...4efc84dad5.jpg
Hopefully she turns into a piggy like all my other worms[emoji1]

Sounds exactly like my GHI when I first got her :P Took her over a month to eat and it was so stressful the whole time! I never tried live because I couldn't find anything small enough for her. Tried braining, chicken broth, rubbing it on a live mouse, every combo I could imagine, but not even a lick of interest!

Then one day I had a live mouse that my other ball pythons would not eat and dangled it in her tub just to see if she would even give any type of response and BAM! she had it before I could register what was happening! Lol, I freaked out because I thought it was way too big for her, but she took it down. Took 4 live mice before she would take a F/T rat pup, but dang it if she isn't one of my best eaters now! She even tagged me once because she was so excited for feeding :D It's been 1 and a half months since that first feeding and she's already doubled in weight (55g to 120g).

Good luck with your girl, I'm sure now that she has the taste for it she'll be looking for more :gj:

My 3 other balls LOVE to eat so I'm hoping she follows suit. My Banana would probably eat everything that gets put into his cage until he burst. He's indiscriminate....rat, mouse, frozen or thawed. Doesn't matter to him. Haha

YAY!

She's pretty!

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YAY!

She's pretty!

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Thanks:D I can hardly wait until she can produce some beautiful chitlins for me. Haha

Good! Glad to hear it!

Very nice! I love the coloring of her....

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Very nice! I love the coloring of her....

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Thanks. I'm really looking forward to see how her colors develop:D

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Good! Glad to hear it!

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Gonna try a hopper tonight. Crossing my fingers. Haha

Doing the happy dance, electric slide and the mashed potatoe! Although tbh I've only heard of the mashed potatoe on the credits of The Great Outdoors with John Candy :) hahaha Striker took her 2nd meal in under a week:D Couldn't find a hopper as my store was fresh out but they had fuzzies and I grabbed the biggest one. It was however, significantly larger then her 1st meal. Feeling really good today.

Sounds like she has settled in nicely. Speaking of John Candy he would have been 64 Today

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Yeah, I'll never buy such a young hatchling again. I'll wait until they're more established. I have a feeling she'll be a regular eater now though. I held her for 10-15 mins for a cage clean and she huffed and puffed at first but never struck at me and didn't ball up. Played a game of ncaa football and let her settle in cause I always change my snakes hide locations so they feel like it's a new hunting zone. Put her fuzzy in and 20 mins later when I checked on her it was gone:)

3 for 3. She's eaten her last 3 meals offered so I think it's safe to say she's gonna grow like a weed now:D

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4 offered and 4 eaten:D I think she forgot how tasty food was and once she got that first taste of fuzzy after 6 weeks off food she remembered food is good. Stepped up to a hopper so she had a nice sized meal:D

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My 3 other balls LOVE to eat so I'm hoping she follows suit. My Banana would probably eat everything that gets put into his cage until he burst. He's indiscriminate....rat, mouse, frozen or thawed. Doesn't matter to him. Haha

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Dang! 4 bps and two of them are a ghi and a banana? Sounds like pretty awesome little collection!!! I love ghi's and I'm 100% jealous. Congratulations:D

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Dang! 4 bps and two of them are a ghi and a banana? Sounds like pretty awesome little collection!!! I love ghi's and I'm 100% jealous. Congratulations:D

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Thanks:D I've gotten some great deals...my goal is to breed a small number of high quality snakes.

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Dang! 4 bps and two of them are a ghi and a banana? Sounds like pretty awesome little collection!!! I love ghi's and I'm 100% jealous. Congratulations:D

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I also have an awesome paradox calico female and a male super pastel het clown. He'll be getting paired up with my brothers friends 3 pastel het clown females for some pastel clowns and killer clowns hopefully. Then I want to make calico glows/bana's and I'll get a multi gene ghi male and try for multi gene super ghi's.