A while back I posted on here that I was having issues with one of my young females trying to strike me all the time. I received plenty of good advice and have been doing my best to implement what I was told to do with her.
Well, she hasn't gotten any better. I know it hasn't been too long and I should give her more time but I'm worried about her eating habits.
She's refusing to eat for me. Its been 2 weeks, I know that's not very long compared to some of you who've had them fast for months on end but every keeps telling me that the more aggressive and snappier ball pythons are the best eaters and with her it's not the case. I feel like at this point, she's too stressed to eat. I put her food in last week and just opening her tub freaked her and yesterday when I attempted to feed her again, she struck out at the rat as if it were me, in a defensive manner. Definitely not feeding behavior. She's constantly puffed up, constantly on edge and at this point I'm being to feel like I have no clue how to help her relax. I've never ever had a ball python like this before, all my others adjusted easily and eat like pigs.
I could really use the advice and guidance of the experienced members in here because I feel like I'm failing with her.
And to save time in responses, she lives in an enclosed rack and I even have her an addition hide. Temperatures are monitored daily with thermometers and temp guns. She's in a 15 qt bin right now and weighs around 480-490 grams. (hard to weigh her when she won't unstiffen her body to fit on the scale)
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