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    Re: Ball python poop

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    The Frozen mice I just bought are in little baggies. Do you leave them in the sun in their baggies? I don't want to wet them if I don't have to because she (my BP) gets fed in her tank (which has aspen as a substrate). Not trying to hijack the thread just wondering
    I keep my rats in ziplock baggies, you don't have to wet them if you don't want to.
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    Re: Ball python poop

    Quote Originally Posted by Yaqcubper View Post
    The Frozen mice I just bought are in little baggies. Do you leave them in the sun in their baggies? I don't want to wet them if I don't have to because she (my BP) gets fed in her tank (which has aspen as a substrate). Not trying to hijack the thread just wondering
    As LGray said, I also keep my f/t rodents in ziplock and that's how I thaw them - in their individual ziplock in the sun. There may be a bit of moisture in the baggie once the rodent is thawed so the rodent may be damp anyway. This shouldn't cause any trouble though. I feed my kids in their enclosures too and a small bit of aspen stuck to the rodent won't hurt.
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    The Sunday my snake was force fed he was looking really skinny btw I could've felt his spine just to make sure. I need to wait at least 2 weeks for
    The snake to get his stomach acids and stuff back? And then feed him when the two weeks are up?

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    Yes, you absolutely need to wait two weeks before attempting a feeding. Please check your husbandry and adjust as needed according the the caresheet I linked in my original post. Leave him alone completely for the two weeks, don't handle him, as hard as it sounds. He needs time to adjust and destress after being forcefed. If you want to pretty much up your chances of him eating, offer a live hopper mouse with the next feeding in two weeks, once he gains some weight worry about switching to f/t. If he's as skinny and sickly as you describe I think you should try live. I had to with one of my babies and she ate 7 live meals for me and finally took a f/t rat pup last feeding.
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    Re: Ball python poop

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    Yes, you absolutely need to wait two weeks before attempting a feeding. Please check your husbandry and adjust as needed according the the caresheet I linked in my original post. Leave him alone completely for the two weeks, don't handle him, as hard as it sounds. He needs time to adjust and destress after being forcefed. If you want to pretty much up your chances of him eating, offer a live hopper mouse with the next feeding in two weeks, once he gains some weight worry about switching to f/t. If he's as skinny and sickly as you describe I think you should try live. I had to with one of my babies and she ate 7 live meals for me and finally took a f/t rat pup last feeding.
    I totally agree with this. And just to clarify, in this situation we usually would offer a prey size smaller than we would normally. For instance, if he would normally eat a hopper, you might try a fuzzy. But a hopper mouse is pretty small so that should be fine - especially if you do live for the first couple times.
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