Baby Refuses food

[Shirkan]

i would leave your prey item in your feeding enclosure for 15-30 mins take it out and put the snake in for a bit so he gets the scent and gets hungry but that just me =)

[Corey Woods]

Most baby balls want live hopper mice. If you let him go too long without food it'll be really hard to bring him back. They go from looking "ok" to looking not "ok" in a very short time frame as babies.

Corey

[AkHerps]

We don't have rats here. I just tried a live small mouse and he showed no interest so...he is just refusing everything...he just was scared of it, like he was scared of the thawed mice..but then he just ignored it and went about his own business.

[jtyson123]

We don't have rats here. I just tried a live small mouse and he showed no interest so...he is just refusing everything...he just was scared of it, like he was scared of the thawed mice..but then he just ignored it and went about his own business.

Hmmm... no rats that sucks! Try killing the mouse and leaving it in with him over night. Same effect just with a mouse.

If he starts to get thin you could consider assist feeding. I have had a couple little ones who would only take prey out of my hands for their first couple feeds once I brought them home. Terrible of me to do that, but hey they have to eat!

[AkHerps]

He got out of his cage somehow and escaped into the garage, which is filled with everything and anything, and some more..The cage was locked, I don't know how he got out..

[AkHerps]

I found him. So back to square one, and securing his cage better, it's one of the slide in lids with the locking clips at the back, I think the locks weren't clipped on all the way.

[AkHerps]

Still hasn't eaten...=/

[jtyson123]

If he venturing out and escaping odds are he is stressed with his enclosure. If he is stressed, it is extremely likely that he won't eat. I know its redundant but check his husbandry all around

[AkHerps]

He ate for the first time last night and ate a small mouse I left it in his house with him in the middle of the night, 20 minutes later he had killed it and ate it

He gets very active during the night and is constantly scaling the walls of his tank.

All my temps are just as this forums care sheets recommended, so, I'm not really sure why he didn't eat, I think he just wanted it left in his house with him for a while.

Thanks for alll the help!!

[AussieSnakes48]

Awesome to hear! I just read the whole thread, I was getting worried just reading it.