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Ball python not eating( strange story)
So I got another ball python about 4 months ago. I got his to be able to breed with my 2 females. I got him from petsmart and all was normal. They didn't know much about him because they got him 5 hours before I showed up and got him, and they didn't tell me that until after I bought him and I looked at the sheet they gave me. She they never fed him or anything. He looks healthy, and all that. 1 week after having him, I tried to feed him, and he didn't bite. He did this for about 2 more weeks( I know it's kinda normal)and finally bit one. As he was balled up, he randomly spit it out( he didn't throw it up). It's been 4 months of trying to feed him and he still won't eat, and I'm getting concerned. I've tried different sizes or pinkies and even small rats( all frozen). It's very difficult for me to get live food for him, and I feel really bad about it. All my other snakes I've owned in the past eat frozen food very well. I've thought about breeding mice at this point, but I don't think that is the problem. If he's hungry enough, he would eat even frozen foods( in my opinion). The little guy is about 18-20 inches long and he looks to be slightly thinner, and I know that's not a good sign. My cage is a good setup with the warm side averaging 91-92 and the cool side at 80ish. He seems to always be on the cool side, so at one point I tried lowering the temperature thinking maybe it was too hot, even when I brought the warm side down to 80 and the cool side to 70 ish, he always was on the cool side. So I raised the temps back up to what they should be at. I don't know if it's just this snake, but something seems wrong. I haven't been able to get him to eat at all since I've gotten him. All my other snakes eat on a good timeline, but this little guy is different. I kinda want to sell him because of his difficulties, but I want to sell him after he has eaten so the next person to get him does get mad at me because he died 3 weeks after getting him.
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