I bought a pair of Ball pythons about two weeks ago. Both are just under 1000 grams. I bought them from a guy who told me his rat colony crashed and he hadnt been feeding his snakes since. SO, he said it had been about two months since they had eaten. I get them home and get them settled. Since it was so ong since they had eaten I offerred food to them about three days later. I was gonna start them out small at first so i tried a rat pup. Nothing. The male however did eat two live mice. This week the male killed two live mice and tried to eat them backwards. Both times finally giving up cause he couldn't make it work. I left a small f/t rat in the enclosure with him and he finally got it down. The female isnt interested in anything. So two questions. Is it just random that he tried to eat both mice backwards? And how long before I do something about the female. I am not too concerned now because she may just be off feed naturally, but she looks very sunken in her belly. Thanks.
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