Okay, all was going great with the 6 mo ball I got in January...he wa taking adult mice every week w/o fail.
On Feb. 22nd, I tried a rat pup and he flipped out! He did everything he could to get away from it...so I went & exchanged it for an adult mouse. Rejected.
He's rejected every week since...now this past Friday, he escaped & was gone til Monday...it was maybe 65 degrees where I found him. Put him back in his tank, made sure temps/humidity was spot on, left him alone til today, tried to feed again & rejected once again!
We tried live, tried fresh killed, tried to piss him off to the point of striking = nada.
SO, we picked him up, checked him well for signs of a RI...held him upside down (quite the feat!), opened his mouth, listened for wheeze...no signs whatsoever...
SO in essence, my question is:
Is it normal for a Ball Python to go off feed after escaping, being caught, etc?
Does anyone think he's still stressed from the coldness/escape/rat pup?
I'm worried about him (as a mom) buthe seems fine...in his hide al day, up, exploring all night (as I posted, he stares at each corner now wondering how to get back out!) No, really, he tries to climb all the way up the glass to get to the corners! (where he popped the clips last week!)
Anything else I should be doing or worried about?