» Site Navigation
0 members and 3,250 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 6,337, 01-24-2020 at 04:30 AM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,096
Threads: 248,539
Posts: 2,568,740
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Registered User
Ball python not eating
I am in need of some help. I have a 8 month old woma ball python. I purchased home in january. He has been doing well. Lately he has not eaten for 18 days now. His last meal was a rat puppy on feb. 14th. I have his temp at 80 on cool side and 88 on hot side. It is controlled by a thermostat and I keep his humidity at 60 to 70 percent on both sides. I am new at owning these gorgeous animsls. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
-
-
Re: Ball python not eating
Originally Posted by latteat
I am in need of some help. I have a 8 month old woma ball python. I purchased home in january. He has been doing well. Lately he has not eaten for 18 days now. His last meal was a rat puppy on feb. 14th. I have his temp at 80 on cool side and 88 on hot side. It is controlled by a thermostat and I keep his humidity at 60 to 70 percent on both sides. I am new at owning these gorgeous animsls. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks
I’ve sent you details of the tried and trusted hairdryer method
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
-
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Zincubus For This Useful Post:
dr del (03-07-2020),latteat (03-04-2020)
-
Registered User
Re: Ball python not eating
i appreciate the info. I also feel it is important to note that he has only ever eaten live mice and he was recently started on live rat puppys. his first rat pup was on the 22nd of January with subsequent feedings on the 27th, 3rd, 10th and 14th. he has not taken any live since the 14th.
-
-
Re: Ball python not eating
Originally Posted by latteat
i appreciate the info. I also feel it is important to note that he has only ever eaten live mice and he was recently started on live rat puppys. his first rat pup was on the 22nd of January with subsequent feedings on the 27th, 3rd, 10th and 14th. he has not taken any live since the 14th.
Ahhh
I’ve no experience with live feeding , apologies.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Zincubus For This Useful Post:
-
Registered User
Re: Ball python not eating
thanks for the helpful information though
-
-
Re: Ball python not eating
Your temps are certainly in range. Is it possible your snake is prepping to shed? BPs will take unexplained food breaks from time to time. I would slow down the offering of food to every 2-3 weeks so you're not wasting too many feeders. Hopefully he'll start eating again soon.
3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
1.0 BI, 0.1 BCO
-
The Following User Says Thank You to EL-Ziggy For This Useful Post:
-
Registered User
Re: Ball python not eating
I really cant tell if he is starting to go into shed. His last shed was January 27th. But the weird thing was he still took food while his eyes were blue. I try to offer every night. Should I only maybe offer once a week? I dont want him losing alta weight. He is currently at 330grams.
-
-
Re: Ball python not eating
If he was eating consistently prior to the last few weeks I wouldn't be too worried. Offering food too often will sometimes cause a pattern of refusals. I would only offer food every 2-3 weeks until he starts eating again.
3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
1.0 BI, 0.1 BCO
-
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to EL-Ziggy For This Useful Post:
dakski (03-04-2020),MamaRhea (03-04-2020)
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|