Last month on February 9th i picked up a beautiful hatchling pastave ball python. When i got her she was pretty skinny and still is fairly skinny so Ive been having her on a feeding schedule of f/t rat fuzzies every 4 days to get some size on her. Since i have had her she has always been breathing heavy, I'm sure due to the stress of a new home and she has finally calmed down with that 2 weeks later. The store i got her from was LLLReptile by my house and they said she had been feeding on live mouse hoppers but she took the rats with no issue. However every bowel movement she has seems to be diarrhea but she also tends to smear it around the tank so im not 100% sure its actually diarrhea because it is solid in some areas. If this continues i will have no choice but to take her to the vet. I have also read that when you feed them rats with no hair they tend to have runny stool. Can anyone tell me how true this is? Also, 9 days ago she regurged a rat 2 days after eating (that would have been her 3rd meal with me). I'm also pretty positive that was due to cold temps in her enclosure because my room gets cold at night. So to bring the temps up i installed a CHE and now have the cool side between 75-82 at all times and her hot side is at 90-94 (all measured with thermostats and the CHE is on a rheostat which i installed a day after she regurged). I will be giving her a mouse hopper tomorrow if she is done shedding (she was in blue on Friday 2/27 and i saw her pressing her nose up on stuff last night) and see if she regurges it or has runny stool still. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? This isn't my first ball, I bred them years ago and let my wife finally talk me into getting them again now I'm way to overprotective.![]()