I'll start the story from the very beginning...

I got my first ball from a pretty indecent pet store (which i now know i shouldn't have done) that had their pets just as items to sell. Soon as i seen my pyote i had to get him so i did. I did my research (an till this day still do) on husbandry and all that good stuff and i thought everything was great. Few days after getting pyote i come to find he has mites, not much longer i get p.a.m an few days later hes clear. I also realized he was a bit skinny for a ball but i figured that would change in time as well.

Feeding day came around an he wasn't interested at all. I waited another week an still the same reaction. I did some extra homework an researched all the possibilities an tried most of all the little tricks you guys do on here to get them to eat but none worked. So i felt i should force feed because he started looking pretty skinny with a lot of extra skin. Since i had him i've force fed him which i always hate doing. I've even considered giving him back to the pet shop but i didn't want to give up on him.

Recently its been looking like his skin wants to shed but it just hasn't happened ever since i had him. So im going to try soaking him for a while today.

I talked to some people at the recent reptile expo an they are pretty sure he was an imported snake or not captive breed. Im guessing thats whats making him so difficult. Its really hard to not be able to do much in order to help my pyote but im trying.

If any of you guys have any suggestions or anything please let me know? Thanks