feeding question

[Inarikins]

Just make sure you wait a week before you offer - if she's off feed for whatever reason, offering too often will stress them out and make them refuse.

[ballpython70]

She didn't eat again, I'll try a small rat next week.

[ballpython70]

She weights 2190 grams.

[ballpython70]

now you have a picture of my gf holding it, I think she looks normal... The snake, I mean.

[ballpython70]

also I'm wondering... When you leave a f/t rat overnight do you leave it on the meat mat so it stays warm for the snake?

[Inarikins]

I do. You don't have to, but keeping it warm helps. I just push the rat into the substrate and nestle it against the bottom of the tub, close to the hide but definitely not inside it. Soemtimes you come back in the morning and it's gone, sometimes it's not. If you come back and it's still there, just toss it. It's not safe to freeze and re-thaw (decomposition sets in and bacteria grows) after it's been out all night, so you'll just have to eat the loss.

[ballpython70]

I do. You don't have to, but keeping it warm helps. I just push the rat into the substrate and nestle it against the bottom of the tub, close to the hide but definitely not inside it. Soemtimes you come back in the morning and it's gone, sometimes it's not. If you come back and it's still there, just toss it. It's not safe to freeze and re-thaw (decomposition sets in and bacteria grows) after it's been out all night, so you'll just have to eat the loss.

Thank you again Inarikins. I'll try to leave it on the heat mat next time. I did toss the rat every time the snake didn't eat.

Now she pops her head out of her cave when I do my daily spot cleaning so I guess she might be expecting a rat soon?

[ballpython70]

She didn't eat...

[ballpython70]

She didn't eat again. Can I start feeding her every two weeks now that she seems to be on a hunger strike.