50percent feeding response

So today was feeding day, I only got a 50percent feeding response. But Im not complaining all my animals are of good weight and health, what more can you ask for:) I just hate it though when they dont eat, errr.

What size prey are you feeding?

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Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel

What size prey are you feeding?

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all different sizes depending on the weight and size of the ball:gj:
its all good

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Originally Posted by MDB

all different sizes depending on the weight and size of the ball:gj:
its all good

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My pastel didn't eat today either. She has the blue eyes getting ready to shed though. But, this didn't use to stop her before. She struck at the rat (the rat was getting too close, so I think it was just a warning shot) but didn't hurt it. My kids said, poor Curly... then on the next breath shouted Yipppeee, the rat is saved! Sigh. Feeding day is tough.

One thing I really really love about our spider. He eats anything, anytime, without delay!

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Originally Posted by MDB

all different sizes depending on the weight and size of the ball:gj:
its all good

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For what it's worth, I feed 34 ball pythons weekly - last week, I only had four refusals, and of those four, they'll probably eat this week.

Size does contribute to fasts. My adults get one large-small a week and I do not experience winter fasts. If you feed larger meals, you're likely to experience more refusals.

everything i got is eating me out of house and home right now:taz:

I've gotten used to the occassional refusal. Last week I had 3 refusals out of 16 snakes. 2 were in blue, 1 is a breeding male that refuses every 2-3 weeks then eats again. I can tell all 3 of those are hungry this week but I have 2 others in blue now...lol. But I've had a week or two where I had 50% success rate. I have to say though, switching my 3 picky ones to ASFs has cut down refusals by quite a bit.

Are you prescenting? My ball pythons eat only live right now but my red tailed boas eat frozen. And they all eat on the same day. When thawing my frozen rats all my snakes go nuts. After that they all eat no problem.

Refusals are just part of the game, and fortunately for me I learned to except them, and not loose sleep over it. They will eat when they are good and ready, and if they dont and they loose way to much weight. Well than the force feeding comes into play:)

im getting bout a 50/50 atm also ,seems dropping temps for breeding put the females off feed (cept jools but she would eat a bic mac if i offerd it)
i did however get the longest hold out to eat ,she went off 2 months ago
so last night i prekilled and left it in there over night , she ate it sometime this morning im guessing, nice to see her plump mid section again(SEXY!)
she lost only 40grams in 2 months so i wasnt to concernd

off feed sucks, but its all part of the game:)

I haven't had any refusals by George. Only feeding once a week and he is eating medium rats (usually on the bigger side).

Im wondering though how to handle if he refuses. Can I return a feeder rat to the pet store? I guess thats something I should research

Ive been getting all ten to eat eat every week for awhile now with a refusal every few weeks,I feed live ASF's to all my BP's.