Off feed

[MontyAndMelissa]

I can sort of relate, as my crested gecko didn't eat for months before having to resort to hand feeding which is usually not recommended. My ball is barely 120g so shes taking every meal fine, but I can only imagine how much of a bummer it is for your snake to go off feed. One of the things that almost made me go with colubrids was their possible feeding issue.

Monty is 1700g give or take a hundred.

[Albert Clark]

Its time for her full cage cleaning. I can't decide if I should do it now, or if I should wait.

That I would do now. Regular maintenance should never take a back seat bc that is one of the best ways to keep your bp healthy. When she is ready for a meal she will eat! Try to relax with it.

[MontyAndMelissa]

That I would do now. Regular maintenance should never take a back seat bc that is one of the best ways to keep your bp healthy. When she is ready for a meal she will eat! Try to relax with it.

Well I get paid on the first. So I'll do her tank cleaning then and let her out to roam.

[MontyAndMelissa]

So, um, I'm an idiot.. I think I figured out my problem. I tried feeding her during the day.. I'm going to get a medium rat and try tomorrow evening.. She tends to eat better at night (duh) don't know what I was thinking trying to feed her at 3 in the afternoon...

[Gary P]

I've had two ball pythons do this.

What fixed it every time is changing their enclosure. Not just cleaning their current one, put them in a totally new one. Sounds odd, like it would make things worse instead of better. But it has always worked for me. I've done it 4 times total. And they all ate at their next feeding. I let them eat at least 3 times in the new enclosure before moving them back. I haven't had any issues in months.

[MontyAndMelissa]

I've had two ball pythons do this.

What fixed it every time is changing their enclosure. Not just cleaning their current one, put them in a totally new one. Sounds odd, like it would make things worse instead of better. But it has always worked for me. I've done it 4 times total. And they all ate at their next feeding. I let them eat at least 3 times in the new enclosure before moving them back. I haven't had any issues in months.

Unfortunately I don't have an extra enclosure just sitting around, so I don't think that option is even possible for me right now. Lol.

[MontyAndMelissa]

I've had two ball pythons do this.

What fixed it every time is changing their enclosure. Not just cleaning their current one, put them in a totally new one. Sounds odd, like it would make things worse instead of better. But it has always worked for me. I've done it 4 times total. And they all ate at their next feeding. I let them eat at least 3 times in the new enclosure before moving them back. I haven't had any issues in months.

I think my issue was I tried feeding her during the day (don't know what I was thinking..) I'm gonna let her come out then try to feed her tomorrow.