Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding my pythons that refuse to eat frozen rats.

The pythons are in tanks, but I have cages around the lamps so they can't burn themselves, I have aspen snake bedding, the temperature is perfect (I'm checking this every day (during the day 31-33 degrees celsius and during the night 27-29 degrees celsius) and the humidity is 50-60%, they have hiding spot and enough water.

So here's the situation:

Python X: I don't know the gender or age, probably between 1 - 2 yrs old which I bought from a pet store (I didn't do proper research and only discovered later that this was not a good idea).

I used to feed Python X live rats (mice until I discovered that he was actually big enough to eat rats) that I bought from the pet store around the corner, however, X suddenly got blood mite and I believe this was caused by one of the rats I fed (i read about other people having the same problem with rats from pet stores).

So I decided that it would be better to switch to frozen and the first time I gave frozen to X (after warming the rat up of course), X just ate the rat while it was lying on the ground without me moving it or anything. However, X didn't do this the second or third time (I made sure there was always a week between the feeding) so I did some research and watched some youtube videos on how to feed frozen, but everything I tried has failed. What happens is when I hold the rat in his tank, X gets curious and he obviously hungry and comes out of his shelter and he approaches, but he never bites it. It just seems like he doesn't have a clue what to do.

Python X has not eaten for 7 weeks now.

Python Y: Y is a female albino born in 2015 which I bought from an experienced breeder. Like most snake fanatics he kept her in a curver box and he fed her frozen rats that she always ate. However, I tried everything with her and she is not even interested. She has not eaten since I bought her 8 weeks ago.


So am I missing something here or do I have to be patient? Because I'm starting to get frustrated. Thank you in advance!