so i got my ball python about a month ago and since coming home, she hasn't eaten. the first week or so she was shedding so i offered food once or twice but i kind of let her go after that. after she shed, i've offered food 6-8 times (i don't want to keep trying and stress her) and she refuses. they fed her f/t in the pet store and i feed her what i bought there. i've tried feeding her in and out of her enclosure, at night and during the day, i've covered her up, i've left the fuzzy overnight, i've poked a hole in the head, i've wiggled the fuzzy, i always warm up the fuzzy in hot water and she seems more scared of the mouse than interested in eating it. i'm afraid to try live for that reason.. she either ignores the mouse or gets frightened when i move it. i dont want a live mouse to hurt her.

as far as my husbandry goes, the temps and humidity are right according to the thermometer and she also explores her whole viv almost every night. she stays in her hide during the day and at night she spends some time on the cool side and some time basking on her branch. she's pretty active and i've definitely noticed an increase in her activity this past week or so (maybe i finally got her temps up to a good level or maybe she's just getting used to her environment). we handled her a bit at first (prob a bad idea), but the past week and a half i've let her go completely not even trying to take her out to feed her (i really didnt want to feed in the enclosure but i gave in and tried so i didn't increase the stress).


she's also about a foot and a half long. she doesn't look like she's lost much weight and her skin doesnt seem loose but i'm just nervous that she's starving. according to the feeding chart, at the pet store they attempted to feed her every 4 days (she didn't always eat the first day but, unless she was shedding, she almost always ate the 2nd day in a row they offered food) could she just have been overfed and she's not hungry? it's been over a month since she's eaten and i'm really starting to worry. when is it time that i take her to a vet?