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Hi everyone, looking for some advice/suggestions on my new ball python. As far as the back story goes, I purchased this ball python about 2 weeks ago from Petsmart. Now I realize its not at all recommended to get reptiles from there as there not always healthy taken care of well/ etc. While I walked in knowing this, they had a very colorful what i believe to be pastel that appeared to be healthy. I took the approach that it was an animal that I could take in and take good care of. When i purchased it, they had given me the feeding chart and for the two weeks they had had it in store it had not yet eat. I brought it home and after about a week I attempted feeding it a F/T fuzzy. After it refused that meal i gave it about another week of little to no handling and tried again. After refusing this meal I realized it had gone quite a while without eating already. I attempted to assist feed it but it refused that as well. One week later, tonight, i attempted to feed a F/T fuzzy again, after refusing i again attempted the assist feed and it refused. (forgot to mention earlier that i thawed it sitting on top of its 10G tank the put it under a light to heat up prior to feedings). Now i know that BP's are said to be picky eaters, but is this something i should start to become concerned about? I realize that i made the mistake of getting snake from a petsmart with an unknown past feeding history/ history over all, as well as purchasing it from there without it have since they received it. I have hope for the snake as its a very pretty color, but at the same time I would also like some advice/suggestions that anyone else might have. I have up until tuesday to return the snake if I really wanted to, but this is something I am hoping to avoid as i want to raise this snake to be as healthy as possible. Again, any suggests or input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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