My ball is 2 months old and she is about to be on her 3rd week of not eating. When we got her we were informed that she was being fed live so we are attempting to get her to eat frozen. She is in a large/wide exo terra enclosure and her heat and humidity are closely monitored and remain in a good range. She seems very comfortable in her habitat and has a good routine going, staying in her heated hide during the day and coming out to explore at night. We have not handled her in the two weeks since we brought her home so that she could properly establish in her new home so I would not think that that would effect her feeding. We have tried heating the frozen mice in hot (not to hot though) water, cutting it open to expose brain, and dipping it in chicken broth, so far she has only struck at it once, but she dropped it. We are willing to feed her live if we have to , but we would very much prefer it for her safety if she ate frozen. So I guess I have two questions here. How long is it safe to attempt feeding her frozen before ultimately feeding live, seeing as she is a baby? And are there any tricks to feeding frozen that might help her take to this. I would appreciate any help here.
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