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I get it that most of you are into CBB and am guessing only ~37 members have experience with WC.

If you are 1 and are reading this could you please comment on this copy/paste: "... wild-caught ball pythons are horrific captives. Wild-caught individuals are often rife with pathogens and parasites, and are notoriously difficult to induce to eat in captivity. Although the species can be calm and docile, the stress caused by importation often makes the wild-caught individual defensive. All too often, wild-caught ball pythons are irritable and sick, lasting only a few miserable months before they succumb to disease or starvation."

It's from: http://animals.mom.me/10-worst-snakes-pets-3439.html

I get the "notoriously difficult to induce to eat" part, they want live African rodents not common rats and especially not F/T common rats.

The pathogens and parasites. Does permethrin fix it?

And the irritable sick disease starvation parts?

thank you!