Not eating after moved and being bitten

[bartwolf93]

So i have a normal ballpython which 4 weeks ago was 890grams. I had to move so I took him with me and fed him 2 days after I moved into my new house.

I feed him live so I gave him a small rat, the rat turned on him within seconds. I managed to get the rat of him but the rat already bit my snake in the head which left a wound.

Over the week the wound healed up and now is a scar.

So I gave the rat to another snake which went fine. But since he got bitten he has not been eating for 4 weeks. In this time his weight dropped to 645 grams.

Im getting worried as he is losing weight and I really dont see how this incident could stop him from eating as the wound healed fine.

Anyone who knows what could be wrong??

Thanks in advance!



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[DVirginiana]

Sometimes getting bitten will put them off food. How do you feed? It's really rare for a rat to attack a snake before a strike if it's fed/watered and is calm going into the enclosure.

You could try giving him a mouse. He may not associate the smell of a mouse with getting bitten like he seems to with the smell of the rat.

[DesertWolf77]

I haven't had this happen to me yet, but I've heard from someone experienced that when this happens you can go to something smaller. Maybe a Rat Pup or an Adult Mouse. Then work your way back up in size.

[bartwolf93]

Thanks! did not thinking of that. Ill definitely try a mouse

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[se7en]

that sucks

sometimes the food chain doesn't work as planned

my snake here has a small scar you can see behind his eye where a rat managed to bite him after he rolled it up:




i feed live, and i'm always there ready with the tongs, but i just wasn't fast enough

[bartwolf93]

Same for me, normally im able to pull the rat away but this one just ran to his head.

The scar on my snakes head also nearly hit his eye

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[bartwolf93]

Thank hou guys, he finally ate a mouse today! Did not expect him to be afraid of baby rats

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