I am a bit concerned about my Lavender Het Pied (F).
I received her on Tuesday and when she arrived I checked her over and weighed her and she was 105g. I put her in quarantine and kept an eye on her. She is pretty active at night and likes to hang off the artificial branch in her enclosure. I offered her a frozen thawed pup rat last night and she didn't take it so I left in her enclosure figuring she might eat it later (her brother lol is a shy eater who won't eat from tongs so I just leave the frozen thawed rat in the enclosure and an hour later it's gone.) I checked this morning and the rat was still there, so I checked on her and she just looked a bit thin to me, so I weighed her again and she was now 95g, so she has lost 10g since Tuesday.
My question is should I be concerned?
I have read that Ball Python's can take time to eat and it's ok as long as they are not losing weight.
She is in a 36x18x18 Exo terra enclosure with 3 sides covered, a focus PVC top, temp are 90 hot, 85 middle and 80ish cool side.
The humidly is 60-65.
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