I took Bella to the vet.....

[RichsBallPythons]

Injections are not needed at all if theres no infections or sickness.

I would of thought the vet would of given you some Flagyl for the purpose of appetite enhancer it does with balls. Flagyl never hurts when given proper dosage and sometimes increases feeding responces

[L.West]

I mentioned the flagyl to the vet because I have heard that mentioned here on the forum but he didn't seem to think that was a solution.

I don't know, I think I learned a good lesson on what to let a vet do - I should have stepped in and stopped him from doing all this stuff to my snake - I just thought he would know better than me.

He is supposed to be very knowledgeable since he once head up the Reptile Division of a major zoo.

Go figure.

[Kaorte]

Yeah if anything I would give the snake flagyl injections to stimulate appetite.

If you can get a hold of a live ASF I would give that a try. I wouldn't try a gerbil, they are expensive and sometimes hard to find. And if your snake imprints on them you are stuck feeding them. If anything, a ball python will choose an ASF over a gerbil since ASFs are their natural food source and gerbils are not.

[RichsBallPythons]

Yeah if anything I would give the snake flagyl injections to stimulate appetite.

If you can get a hold of a live ASF I would give that a try. I wouldn't try a gerbil, they are expensive and sometimes hard to find. And if your snake imprints on them you are stuck feeding them. If anything, a ball python will choose an ASF over a gerbil since ASFs are their natural food source and gerbils are not.

Just so ya know Flagyl is done orally not injections.

[Kaorte]

Just so ya know Flagyl is done orally not injections.

dur brain fart.

[J.Vandegrift]

And if your snake imprints on them you are stuck feeding them. If anything, a ball python will choose an ASF over a gerbil since ASFs are their natural food source and gerbils are not.

No, most balls will take a gerbil over an ASF. I breed both for feeders and the gerbils are definitely preferred over the ASF's.