Quote Originally Posted by nightrainfalls View Post
My enclosure lights turn on at 7:00 am and go off at 7:00 pm. My ball will only eat after 10:00 pm, about three hours after lights out. She never misses a meal after 10:00 pm. She never eats before then. I would try turning out the lights for a few hours before feeding, and feeding f/t or pre-killed. Leave the dead rodent in the cage and walk away. Remove after an hour if not eaten. Do not check to see if prey is eaten for at least an hour. Also, try a dead mouse instead of a rat. Some pythons dislike rats.

David

Yeah I turn her lights on when I get up at 7:30 and they're off by 7:30 or dark if that's earlier. I did actually take her out of her separate enclosure and put her back in her living enclosure for a bit before killing the rat and giving it to her quite a while later when she'd settled down and resumed her roaming instead of being all coiled up and watchful. The pet store I received her from has always fed her rats in one form or another alternatively (fresh kill, live, frozen, etc), should I really switch to mice? would they be big enough for her to eat and stay fed for up to a week?