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    Re: Ball Python Cannot hold down rodent

    Alright guys....enough! He already said that was months ago and he's learned since then that that's not a good way to treat him. LET SOMEONE LEARN without condemning them repeatedly for every past wrong.

    To the OP...it's entirely possible...very likely in fact, that your snake is, indeed, too stressed to eat. Your job, as its keeper, is to find out why and try to reduce all such stress as much as you can.

    Try covering the sides of the glass with opaque paper to make it more dark and cave-like inside.

    Except for the most necessary tasks of refreshing water and removing waste, don't even put your hands into the cage....and don't handle the snake at all....until it is eating on a regular, consistent basis.

    Be sure to allow 5-7 days between feeding attempts. Constant encounters with a food source when the snake is already stressed just makes it worse.
    -- Judy

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