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    my problem child

    This girl really needs to stop being such a picky eater so I can an get her weight up..

    So I can introduce her to this het pied fellow!

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    Re: my problem child

    What a nice mate for your pied! Banana pieds are so amazing she will get there eventually, the wait is a killer but it all pays off in the end. Keep us updated on your projects


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    Re: my problem child

    I'm in the same boat as you buddy with the same combo. My pied girl has gotten very picky. In November she went on a hunger strike, I offered mice and rats but she refused. She was so close at 1375 g, she rejected f/t live or frozen mice every week. Long story short I found a local supplier of ASFs and she couldn't resist. She's now sitting at 1535, now waiting on the male to hit 600 g.


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    She's just under 1000g. Now so hopefully she'll get there for this fall. I've been trying to switch her from live to ft for the last year that I've had her. She went on a 3 month strike before I caved and got her live again. She'll eat weekly for a month, then take a month off. It's very frustrating. I'm starting to worry she's a mouser by her last few meal preferences. I've contemplated trying asf but don't want to get her hooked on them if I can't have a steady supply. It's always the pretty ones that give the most problems!

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    Nothing wrong with feeding a ball python on mice for the rest of its life, If thats what it's preference is. Just as I'm sure some prefer rats, multis etc.

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    Re: my problem child

    My 2013 pied is a problem child too. She only eats F/T ASFs. At least she's consistently eating, so she's worth springing for a bag of them just for her. She's got a date with my candy, so I'm hoping she puts on enough weight to make next fall since the road will be long enough with double hets...

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    What a great pair!

    Best of luck.
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

    1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
    Mack The Knife, 2013
    Lizzy, 2010
    Etta, 2013
    1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
    Esmarelda , 2014
    Sundance, 2012
    2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
    0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
    0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017

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    Re: my problem child

    My Pied boy was a trouble eater when he was younger but now he's gaining weight faster than the girls. He's almost at 1200g and eating like a pig.

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    Re: my problem child

    good luck with that awesome pairing. I'm working on the same project but i'm a little further away. (that pied is great looking too, lots of white mmmmm buddy that will be exciting)
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