Refused The Mouse
I purchased a 2 month old ball python from a breeder about 3 weeks ago. He was feeding her live hopper mice. But I have then switched her over to frozen with no issues up until this point. Right now she is in a 10gal enclosure w aspen bedding, hide on the warm side and a hide on the cool side. The ambient temperature currently is 78*F and a humidity of 63%. I am assuming she has no issues w the the enclosure being that she comes out of her hide like clock work everyday when I get back from work. Now here is my dilemma. She refused her mouse yesterday. 2 things have happened prior to this. 1. I accidentally fed her a small fuzzy last week and not a hopper (got my mice mixed up) . I had not fed her again up until last night. 2. I bought a slightly larger water bowl to help increase the humidity although it was still in ballpark range with the smaller bowl. The smaller bowl kept the humidity between 57%-59%. Last night I placed the frozen hopper mouse in a sandwich bag and placed it in a hot bowl of water for 20 mins. Grabbed it with the feeding tongs and held it and wiggled it in front of her. She came up and "smelt" it but wouldn't budge. Then she finally lunged at it after about a minute and half and got a hold of it. She held on to it for a minute then let go and turned around and looked at me like WTF is? lol. Anyways. Could she be beginning to go into shed? Do I wait another week before feeding her again? Can I still handle her? * I am a new owner and new to all of this...
Eve's Enclosure
She is chillin on top of her warm side enclosure
You can see the new bowl inside vs the old bowl outside
Eve's Food
Dont laugh at my fridge. I am a single man...LOL
Thanks for any advice!!!
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