Baby ball won't eat! What am I doing wrong?

[seeya205]

Thanks everyone for you advice! This is my first time owning a snake! I will get him a better hide and try no lamp. Also I will feed him a hopper in a couple of days! This is my first time on here and it was very helpful and informative! Thanks again guys!

[Kaorte]

I am still curious as to how you are measuring your temps. Especially the hot side.

You said the snake was using the half log hide on the cool side and not the rock cave hide (a more suitable hide) on the hot side. This leads me to believe that the hot side is hotter than you think it is.

[nixer]

that tank is way big for a baby

[seeya205]

I have a digital thermometer/hydgrometer with one probe on the hot and the other on the cool side.

[Kaorte]

Where is the probe located? Is it right on the glass where the UTH is?

[Elise.m]

Try a 12 qt tub. My bp is about 5 weeks old, I switched her to a tub from a 20g tank and she started eating. And yes, get rid of that half log.

[seeya205]

The probe is under the hide on top of the substrate and UTH is under that! I got rid of the log and got another rock cave like the one on the warm side so they match.

[WingedWolfPsion]

The part about him wanting to escape all the time to me suggest you have been handling him. If so, stop. Do not handle him at all until he eats.

[seeya205]

I have not handled in over 2 weeks. I handled him the first day I got him but not since and it is driving me nuts because I do want to handle him so badly!

[seeya205]

What do the numbers mean that are in front of the snakes people have? ex: 1.0.1 ball python