I am sorry guys this was posted this morning when I was still upset about his feeding atempts last night. I will admit he is my favorite of all 11 of my ball pythons. I just feel so bad that such a beautiful snake has such a hard time.

I know he is not a retard... that was just me venting ..it is just frustrating seeing him strike and miss so many times. I know about the spider issues and he doesn't seem to wobble much except when he misses then he goes in to Stevy Wonder mode... He never had this issue before and it seems to be a new development so that is why I posted.

I did talk to the breeder and I am doing what she suggested for feeding him. It is just that he has me worried...

The post was more to see if there was a better way to feed him or to see if any one else had the same issue and what they did than anything else . I know the 15 days is nothing to worry about I just don't want my snake to continue this way. I also wanted to make sure that I was not doing anything wrong.

Thanks for all of the good advice, and please excuse my mood when posting...

I will grab some hoppers and box him this weekend and see how that goes, and in the future I will try the 10 min cool of time for him.

Thanks

Mike