Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum but have been lurking for the past week or so and this looked like the place to join up and participate...thanks for having me!

Not really wanting to use my intro. thread to 'bombard' you with questions, but I guess this is as good a place to start as any...

Two weeks ago I got a ball python from work, which hatched on July 11th (last month). His feeding log showed he'd eaten three Wednesdays in a row (I'm told mouse hoppers) prior to me bringing him home.
I gave him about 5 days in his new setup prior to offering a mouse hopper, but all he did was stay coiled-up---even when it brushed against him repeatedly. So I decided to wait another week, which brings me to tonight. Thought maybe he'd need 'waking up' this time first, so I handled him a bit outside of his setup and then let him crawl around his tank some in the hopes he'd be 'awake enough' to want to eat...which is when I tried offering a mouse hopper.

After a few minutes of nothing happening, he just went into a hide.
So I decided to wait a bit, and then I noticed the snake poking his head out of the hide. So I returned (literally a few min. ago as I'm typing this) and dangled the hopper in front of the hide opening in the hopes it'd entice him. No luck. He just went right back into the hide after barely paying any attention to the mouse.

Sorry to start off with such a long-winded message, but I could sure use some feedback...please & thanks.
Vine