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what percentage of ball pythons never eat
my girls is stressing me out .never had a pet b4 that wont eat .im hopeing once she gets hungry enough she will eat
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Re: what percentage of ball pythons never eat
Originally Posted by motorcyclecowboy
my girls is stressing me out .never had a pet b4 that wont eat .im hopeing once she gets hungry enough she will eat
How old is she? How long since her last meal?
I’m a newbie but everything i’ve read is that BP’s are notorious for going off food, for weeks and often months. I’ve even heard of an adult going 9 months off food, only losing a few grams of weight.
My new BEL refused his first rat i offered.
-Jason
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Well, interesting question. I'd suppose the answer is 0%, of the ones that are living.
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Not a question that anyone can answer. Snakes don't exactly fill out surveys, you know? A small percentage of all kinds of snakes may fail to thrive, but
with ball pythons, it's most often due to improper husbandry by owner. That includes caging mistakes & excess handling, even offering the wrong prey or
prey size.
Meanwhile, making sure that you're following recommended guidelines here will help keep you & yours out of that category.
The way snakes are portrayed in movies [especially horror movies] makes you think they are ravenous psycho-beasts, but in reality most ball pythons are more
like Steve Urkel. (for you youngsters, he was the super-nerd on tv show "Family Matters")
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Re: what percentage of ball pythons never eat
Originally Posted by bogertophis
not a question that anyone can answer. Snakes don't exactly fill out surveys, you know? A small percentage of all kinds of snakes may fail to thrive, but
with ball pythons, it's most often due to improper husbandry by owner. That includes caging mistakes & excess handling, even offering the wrong prey or
prey size.
Meanwhile, making sure that you're following recommended guidelines here will help keep you & yours out of that category.
The way snakes are portrayed in movies [especially horror movies] makes you think they are ravenous psycho-beasts, but in reality most ball pythons are more
like Mr. Ed. (for you youngsters, he was Zina's horse on tv show "Mr. Ed")
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Last edited by MR Snakes; 01-19-2019 at 07:03 PM.
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Re: what percentage of ball pythons never eat
not sure on her age she is like 82 grams ive had her 3 weeks or so and she has not aite for me
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Re: what percentage of ball pythons never eat
Originally Posted by motorcyclecowboy
not sure on her age she is like 82 grams ive had her 3 weeks or so and she has not aite for me
What’s your setup for her? Temps and humidity?
-Jason
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Re: what percentage of ball pythons never eat
Originally Posted by gdawgs56
What’s your setup for her? Temps and humidity?
-Jason
i have her setup pretty much exact as this https://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/a...articleid=2382
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The real question here is why my BP does not eat? Most likely it is husbandry related which is affecting 90% of new owners.
At that size and age if well started BP are VORACIOUS.
So what are your options? Do this to a T and I mean to a T https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-hatchling-101
And please stop following advice from DR Foster and Smith while they are a great Pet Pharmacy, their regurgitated "knowledge" is not one I would recommend someone new to follow.
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