Hello everyone, this is my first post. These forums have been a tremendous asset in preparing to bring my ball python home, so thanks for that.

I brought my first bp home last sunday, and over 4 days hes taken pretty well to his new habitat and seems very relaxed and comfortable, so on this 5th day i decided to try feeding him a F/T rat pup. I put him in a seperate box, thawed a pup in hot water, and dangled it with tongs in front of him. He immediately struck at it about 3 times and investigated it but never went for the wrap or ate it.

My question is if its normal for it to attack its food but not try to eat it. Is he scared of it or stressed out or could he just not be hungry?

Any insight is appreciated, thank you!