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Ball Python - Refusing Food / Infection / Vomiting
My 10-year-old ball usually goes into a two-month fasting cycle in late winter each year. Last year, he got an infection that needed antibiotics to clear up.
This year, the same thing happened. We went through the antibiotic cycle, but the snake refused to eat. We're going on four and a half months. His weight is dropping, but not by much at a time, and his behavior has been normal.
He does express an interest in food (thawed frozen rats), perking up and moving toward it when offered, but he doesn't eat it.
The vet recommended daily warm water soaks, which I've been administering when I haven't been traveling.
A few days ago, he was offered a fuzzy with the brain pan open and ate it. He then shed and defecated, some of which was runny. (I've sent this to the vet for a lab screening.)
I was soaking him just now, when he started to make a horrible noise. Apparently he just regurgitated what remained of the mouse. I put him back in his enclosure.
For those curious - plastic tub, 83 at cool end, 87 at warm end, paper towels as bedding. I've cleaned the tub already to see if that would have an effect, but no dice.
I know balls can go for long periods without eating - but that's not normal for this one. Is there anything else I should be trying out?
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