I work at a vet clinic (unfortunately our vet doesn't do anything besides dogs and cats). Five weeks ago I received a call from someone that had gotten up that morning and found a ball python in a cage on their porch, no other ideas about it. I told the person that if they brought the bp down I'd take it, figuring I'd either keep it or find a home. What they brought me was a roughly 4ft long bp in a 30g tall aquarium. He's gorgeous, bright and shiny, incredibly active and very very receptive to handling. Since I've had him he has shed, complete one piece shed. And defecated a few times. I have not been able to get him to eat though. I had an empty 40gal breeder tank so have set that up as his enclosure. The tank he came in had a dead mouse in it so I'm assuming he was fed in cage f/t mice (way too small for him). I feed my other snakes (red-tail and a king snake) once a week; so for the past 5 weeks Ive offered him food as well. I've placed him in a separate feeding tank, offering a f/t medium rat (3 times), a pre-killed small rat, and a f/t adult mouse. I have also left the food items overnight in his cage as he is noticeably more active then. I'm about out of ideas as to what to try to get him to eat something. Other than the not eating he seems great and healthy.
With All Due Respect,
Errabal
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