Justins samatrian short tail.

[Aedryan Methyus]

I sssorta have an "S" theme going with my sssnake namesss... lol

[Justin83]

Right after much googling we have settled on Delilah.

[aahmn]

Yes, this is a chrome head. The chromes and black heads are normal color variations and breeding can produce either, but the orange head is a different locality. These guys are usually fantastic feeders, so I wonder if the last owners just didn't have the setup right. A lot of people like to put them in big, open cages/tanks, but when they are young they prefer to feel more snug and secure to eat well. If she doesn't eat, maybe temporarily put her in a smaller bin within that cage until she settles in. I would give her some time to settle in, and go ahead and offer rats instead. A 2 year old (if not underfed) should be able to take med-large rats. 2 feet sounds small for a 2 year old, but she doesn't look overly thin.

[Justin83]

Thanks allot pal, I added a few plants and a nice dark Rock hide for her. Currently she is in a 32"*15*8" Viv. Well it's half a Viv which I've split in two... I do have an 18*18*7" Viv housing a mantis, maybe I could put her in there.
After reading I thought she was small, that's more like the size for a yearling right.
I've bought 10 gerbils and I'm planning on scenting them with rat blood gradually over time.

[aahmn]

I would just go ahead and try a rat instead, although now you have gerbils to feed off. If you catch her swallowing the gerbil, you could see if you could sneak in a small rat as well. I used to do that for stubborn live mouse feeder ball pythons.

[Justin83]

She shed, very poor shed but a bath and a careful owner sorted her out!-)

[Justin83]

She ate a gerbil!-) always a relief when they feed for the first time!!!
Next gerbil will be smothered in rat blood eek.

[Justin83]

Well as Darwin (my pastel ball) refused a meal today, I thought about dolly(my ij carpet) having it but she has had a chick and a small rat in the last 5 days.
I thought why not try Delilah, bam took a rat...! Fantastic, maybe as it was defrosted with a gerbil and chick who knows, maybe she wasn't happy at the previous home for whatever reason!

[Aedryan Methyus]

That's awesome! Glad to hear you got her to eat a rat!

[Justin83]

She is so fat this morning, the rat alone was the upper end of size or her and there's a gerbil in there too lol.... Think she needs a couple of weeks for this one haha.