Starting to fail at husbandry…

[Albert Clark]

I’ve actually left her alone a lot recently. I let my son hold her about a week ago for like 15 minutes and then put her back. I think that day or the day after I did the pillow method. That was weekend before last and I haven’t handled her since or even messed with her cage much. Before that I’ve taken her out maybe once every 1-2 weeks, usually a couple days before feeding and only for like ten minutes.

Consider not handling the animal at all until it starts back feeding on a regular schedule. We understand that it’s always tempting to pick them up and enjoy them but truly it’s in the better interest for the animal not to. A young ball python at 133-200 gms. Should be a feeding machine. Once they stop feeding it deserves a quick evaluation to find out why. Typically we start with the environment.