I about 6 months ago got a normal ball python from Petsmart (I know a really bad place to buy pets but I didn't know that at that time). It had been my dream ever since I was very small to have a snake of my own and for my birthday, 6 months ago my mother finally agreed. I used all of my birthday money plus savings to buy everything I needed plus the snake. At first he was really defensive but I could still hold him ( I gave him about a month to settle in ) and he was eating fine but then slowly he started skipping weeks. When he skipped weeks I could no longer touch him so he got more defensive and now today it has been about a month and a half since he last ate I have tried everything he will not let me touch him at all to move him into a box to feed and he just sits in his hide all day. You can see the tip of his spine now and I am so worried I have panic attacks and end up crying I am stressing so much I have no idea what to do. I did about three months of research before I got him but everything all the sites told me has not worked since. At first everyone told me a ball python was the best beginner snake but now when I ask they say that I should not have gotten a ball python so I am so confused. If I can't get him to eat within the next 3 weeks I am going to get rid of him to someone who can get him to eat I can't even sleep it feels like I'm starving child I am so stressed and have no idea what to do. His enclosure has everything two hides vines space heating pad everything I can offer A snake and more. I feed him frozen medium mice (When he eats) a friend of mine has suggested trying live mice but he has eaten frozen thawed all his life so I am confused as to why he suddenly wants live if this is the case. I heat the mice up with A blow dryer and everything you are supposed to do I don't know what to do I feel so bad and he is probably starving too. Any help is appreciated even the smallest tips I just need something honestly any idea's I will attempt ( As long as the snake is not at risk ) to get him to eat. At first we thought he was a female but now I am pretty sure it's male though not positive. I have posted here before to ask for help and the very nice people here gave me tips that made him eat but now nothing works.
English is not native to me I am sorry for grammar and I am just overall terrible at punctuation sorry about that.
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