HELP PLEASE! Ball python possibly starving?

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Spiders with the wobble are not IMHO for Novice Snake owners, You may very well have to Assist Feed this guy.

Ok. I have to respond to this because this is just BS! ALL spiders wobble, some worse than others, but they ALL do it and ALL carry the gene. 99% of the time it is merely a personality quirk. Out of the hundreds of snakes we've had over the years, our spiders were almost always some of our best feeders and breeders. The wobble in those 99% of cases does NOT affect their feeding at all outside of the occasional missed strike. Those who have kept a number of spiders will understand this. So your theory on them only being for more experienced keepers is quite flawed.

Assist feeding is very stressful to your snake and should only be done as a last resort by a vet or an experienced keeper. If you don't know what you're doing you may very well cause more harm than good.

Couple things….

You've been asked for a photo several times with no response. In this situation, a photo is truly worth a thousand words and will go a long way in helping us determine the condition of your Spider. I recall the photos you posted when you got this BP, and he looked to be in fairly good shape then. Hard to believe he's gone that far down hill in such a short time.

Also, quit trying to feed this snake in a seperate tub. I know you have to do that for your females, because you house them in the same tank, but they are a seperate issue.



Then everyone you've talked to is tremendously uninformed. Cage aggression is a myth and has been debated on this forum multiple times, including in two current threads that are active right now. Makes me wonder if you did any research on feeding outside the enclosure, or if you just listened to everyone?

If your Spider is not taking F/T, try feeding him the correct sized live prey. It's doesn't mean you can't go back to F/T later, but you may need to use live to get him jump started.

Yup.