Hello all, I purchased my first ever ball python on the 22nd of November, the store owner (it's a specialty reptile store not a petco or anything) told me that the snake had already eaten roughly six meals and that his last meal was on the 20th of november. The snake is a Butter and when I purchased him he looked GREAT strong grip, nice colors, very responsive! I tried feeding the tuesday of the following week but he was still very stressed in his new home, staying in the hides mostly, two weeks ago I noticed that he was going into a shed and thought that this was the reason why he wasn't eating. The shed was extremely dry and he needed multiple soaks to get it all off. There is still a very small amount of old skin on the end of his tail but it is very minimal. Since the shed ended he has been very active. moving around ALOT so I imagine he is feeling much better since getting rid of that dead skin. I thought that he would for sure eat now so I went and picked up a rat pup about 25 minutes ago and held it in front of him for a few minutes but he had absolutely no interest. He was more interested in climbing onto my hand than the pup.. the enclosure is a pvc rack with the dimensions 24x24x12 with aspen bedding, 2 hides and a herpstat controlling heat tape. maintaining a hotspot around 90-93. humidity has maintained 50% the coldest end of the enclosure never goes below 74 This is my first snake and im really starting to worry. He hasnt lost any weight but I have NEVER seen him eat yet! anything helps! thank you very much for any advice you can offer!