reptile kingdom question

[Elite Morphs]

i bought a ball python that is about 1 1/2 years old from reptile kingdom on march 18 from the reading pa reptile expo and she has not ate since i got her and i sent them a email to see what they feed their ball pythons but i never got a response so i am wondering if anyone else got a ball python from reptile kingdom in new jersey any help will be really appreciated

[Mike41793]

What have you been trying to feed him and how are you going about doing it?

[Elite Morphs]

i tried live rats prekilled rats frozen thawed rats and live and frozen thawed mice but she wont take nothing all she does is get hissy and gets defensive and strikes the prey cause she is mad

[tlich]

So the next thing would be to look @ your husbandry, what are your temps? What do you measure them with? Do you have two identical hides? Are they small enough for your ball the feel secure? Is it in a low or high traffic area? How often are you offering food?

[Elite Morphs]

she is in a 15 quart tub the hot side temp is about 85 and cool side is about 70 she has a water bowl and a hide on the hot side and the humidity is about 70% i need to get some holes drilled in the tub within the next week that is why the humidity is so high

[tlich]

85 is a little low for a hot side you want 88-92 no more than 94, the cool side is way to cold they should be around 78-82 and you shouldn't have temps below 75 anywhere in there and 70% humidity isn't bad, but you do need ventilation, your problem is probably the temps

[tlich]

What are you using for heat uth/flexwatt need to be regulated preferably with a thermostat

[Rob]

Raise your temps and Try all the different ways to feed. Live, f/t, mice, rats, in the enclosure, out of it, leave it in over night frozen thawed only! put it in a feeding tank covered for privacy. Every BP has their own way they want their food. Also that isn't that long for a BP to go off of food, so don't worry too much. As long as its not losing a crazy amount of weight and it seems to be happy and healthy. Your snake will eat when it wants to.

[Elite Morphs]

my temps are actually higher than that i just moved my room to the basement and am still getting things organized and never had time to put the digital thermometer in

[tlich]

See what happens after your temps are up, just make sure your not offering food too often it will stress the snake and food will be refused, and try not to handle too much only if you have to until a few meals have been taken, I don't touch mine on feeding day, are you waiting a week between feeding attempts?