Need a littel help

[ryssa]

I got my ball at the pet store and come to find out they had never feed him a day in his life and they had no idea how old he was . I found this out after trying to feed him and he had no clue what to do he was rubbing the pinkie like hummmm u are nice and warm ...lol .
So after 2 times of trying to feed him I called the pet store and asked them how he had been feed and what I was doing wrong and they said that he had never eaten for them grrrr they knewthis when they sold him to me and they knew I h ad never had a snake befor .
So they wanted me to bring him back so they could force feed him I said hell no u guys to not have a clue I am not have yal shove something down him . So I made some phone calls and found a girl that came highly recomended and she force feed him well she got him to open his mouth and after we put the head in he took over wraped it up and went to town with it .

So I would really like someone to look at him and tell me how old and maybe what kind he is
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/.../9/4/0_1_1.jpg

[BuckeyeBalls]

He looks like a normal to me. Pretty skinny.

Lets start off with this. One reason he may not eat is cuz hes stressed. This can be due to incorrect husbandry.

First off start by listing the following

What you keep him in.
His temps
His humidity
How you measure these
His hides
How your heating this enclosure

All these will be key to making sure he has the right things he needs so she is not stressed.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Why did u make 2 threads?

Better to just have 1 so all ur replies are in 1 and not scattered between 2 threads.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Given the time of the year it's probably a CH baby that was recently hatch so I would say a few weeks old.

I would avoid force feeding him, force feeding should be done as a LAST resort and only if the animal has been losing a lot of weight and his heath is in jeopardy, even than assist feeding would be more like than force feeding.

Getting an animal to eat can be tricky especially for new owners, and even more so if they have a very young animal on their hand, but it can be done a lot as do do with husbandry so here are a few tips.

You best bet this is very important if this animal has never ate is to keep him tight and keep him warm.

I would recommend keeping him in a 6 quarts, 15 quarts (max) tub with (1) or (2) 6 inches plastic flower pot saucers for hides, aspen for bedding and temps of 78-82 and 88-92.

Once setup leave him alone for 5 to 7 days (NO HANDLING) and than try offering a live hopper mice (feeding the snake in it's enclosure)

[ryssa]

here is his home

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...013_357840.jpg

[Swingline0.0.1]

That tank is too big for him. What are you measuring his temps with? Do you have a warm side and cool side?

[BuckeyeBalls]

here is his home

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...013_357840.jpg

Way to big. And as stated in the first post this information is still needed

What you keep him in.
His temps
His humidity
How you measure these
His hides
How your heating this enclosure

[ryssa]

80/85 warm spot and 75 cool spot humidty 50/65 I also do some basking light during the day for an hour or two

[ryssa]

i have a digital thermo with in side out side probes , he has a hide it blends in in the pic , he also has a heating pad under the yank on one side

[Swingline0.0.1]

I would raise the warm side to 90-92 and the cool side to 80-82