Well, I'm doing something I never thought I'd have to do with any snake. I have a baby female ball (Jasmine) that is refusing to feed no matter all the tricks I've tried. She's severely underweight and going downhill. You can see her backbone. I talked to the vet yesterday and he's the best snake vet here in town. He has me syringe feeding her every 24 to 48 hours a mixture of 1 jar chicken baby food, 1 jar pedialyte, 1/4tsp. veg. oil, and 1 crushed up tums tablet (all mixed together). I gave her 3 cc this afternoon and she did perk up and act better somewhat. Gonna do it again tomorrow nite. I've had her for 18 days. Poor thing. Her eyes aren't sunken in but she has started to get a little weak and just refuses anything we give her. I could also give her a 50/50 mix of Hill's a/d for dogs/cats and pedialyte mixture if I wanted to. So, it's just one day at a time with her for now. Anyone else ever had to do this? She's so good about it. Actually seems to like it.