Female Ball won’t eat consistently with me

[Snow Balls]

Have you tried putting her in the same size tub that the breeder used for housing his snakes?

I have not, the breeder stopped replying to me shortly after I purchased her so I’m not sure what his set up was

[Stewart_Reptiles]

That’s a good idea. When i got her on morphmarket it looked like she was on paper towels. Should I keep her on those or switch to the coco chips?

You can try having her on paper towel but in my experience substrates in which they can burrow such as coco type bedding actually help with feeding issues providing additional security.

[Snow Balls]

You can try having her on paper towel but in my experience substrates in which they can burrow such as coco type bedding actually help with feeding issues providing additional security.

Makes sense, I appreciate the input! It makes me think about how much of a nightmare she’s going to be when I try to switch her to frozen thawed

[303_enfield]

Things to try when your BP goes off feed (two weeks isn't missing anything).

Soak them, thirty minutes or so. Wakes them up an some snakes like it, just ask them.

Put them in a pillow case an take a trip. Snake "normally" will be calm in a sack. The vibrations of the ride an the elavation changes seems to wake
them up.

Another "trick" is to offer smaller prey. Your feeding live rodents, a crawler can't hurt your snake but might bug it enough that it gets eaten.

Snakes can go off feed for any reason. The barometric pressure could have dropped making the snake think time to hole up in the hide. Pre shed or hormones or a million other things. Just like when a dog doesn't eat for a day for no reason. Stuff happens an I don't speak snake. Heck, I had one snake that would never take a white rodent.

Give her time to get straight.

Good luck!

[EL-Ziggy]

Your temps are in range so it's just a matter of time and patience. Some new snakes take a little while to start eating consistently. Your critter has eaten once in the month you've had him so he'll be fine. I'd space out the feeding attempts to every 2-3 weeks instead of weekly offerings to avoid wasting feeders and to give his appetite a chance to grow. BPs are the worst when it comes to taking unexpected food breaks but they all eat when they're ready.

[Snow Balls]

Things to try when your BP goes off feed (two weeks isn't missing anything).

Soak them, thirty minutes or so. Wakes them up an some snakes like it, just ask them.

Put them in a pillow case an take a trip. Snake "normally" will be calm in a sack. The vibrations of the ride an the elavation changes seems to wake
them up.

Another "trick" is to offer smaller prey. Your feeding live rodents, a crawler can't hurt your snake but might bug it enough that it gets eaten.

Snakes can go off feed for any reason. The barometric pressure could have dropped making the snake think time to hole up in the hide. Pre shed or hormones or a million other things. Just like when a dog doesn't eat for a day for no reason. Stuff happens an I don't speak snake. Heck, I had one snake that would never take a white rodent.

Give her time to get straight.

Good luck!

I’ve heard about taking them on a ride! That will probably be the last resort though I’m planning on going down a size next time I feed her

[Snow Balls]

Your temps are in range so it's just a matter of time and patience. Some new snakes take a little while to start eating consistently. Your critter has eaten once in the month you've had him so he'll be fine. I'd space out the feeding attempts to every 2-3 weeks instead of weekly offerings to avoid wasting feeders and to give his appetite a chance to grow. BPs are the worst when it comes to taking unexpected food breaks but they all eat when they're ready.

Yeah I’m gonna space out and feed her less frequently unless I see her losing significant weight. No worries about waiting feeders, my garbage disposal snake normally picks up after her lol

[bcr229]

Yeah I’m gonna space out and feed her less frequently unless I see her losing significant weight. No worries about waiting feeders, my garbage disposal snake normally picks up after her lol

If you've only had this girl a month then she should still be in quarantine. Refused feeders should be thrown out (assuming f/t) and not offered to another snake.

[Bogertophis]

If you've only had this girl a month then she should still be in quarantine. Refused feeders should be thrown out (assuming f/t) and not offered to another snake.

THIS ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ !!!

Otherwise, you're exposing your other snakes to whatever pathogens your new snake may be harboring without symptoms. This is how diseases and parasites get spread to the other pets NEEDLESSLY. You wouldn't use someone else's toothbrush, would you? (I hope not!) Don't expose prey items to your other pets after it comes into contact with a new snake still in quarantine OR to their enclosure...& even when quarantine ends, remember that re-offering prey is still not risk-free...money saved on prey items might later be paid to your vet in much higher amounts than you ever saved...

[303_enfield]

He feeds live as she ate live from the breeder. First post, he gave her a live rat. So a garbage disposal is called for. Quarantine I assumed, I should have asked.

Good luck with her!