Quote Originally Posted by Dylan_ View Post
When did you get it? When i got mine it refused food for approximetely 2 weeks then started eating i also had to convert it from live to f/t because it was on live when i got it it and didnt want to run a risk of rats hurting it that process was unfun lol did not want frozen thawed at all was hissing at it when i would offer now it eats every week havent had an issue with feeding for the last 2 or 3 feedings i havent had it long im just glad its finally eating on a regular basis if it refuses feeding i usually throw out the rat after being thawed out id rather be safe if rather then re freezing something that was already frozen and thawed once also i warm it up and use feeding tongs grab the rat by the back of the neck and make it do a little dance mine refuses to eat unless the prey is warm and moving stubborn as can be sometimes also you can leave the rat in there over night kf you want but if its anything like mine which hopefully not then it wont take it unless warm and moving around ive left one over night and it would just crawl over it from what i hear if you just got it you should not handle it for the first few sucessful feeds i may be wrong im new to the ball pythons as well and im still learning hope this helps tho

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Thanks. We just got him two days ago the picture was from the night we got him he isn’t held right now we wanted to give him a week to get used to everything (we where told about a week). Sounds like we might have to wait longer. The breeder we got him from said he held him all the time so he is used to being held but did say that he has been a stubborn feeder he was taking f/t rat pups so that is what I tried I was told to heat it under a heat lamp for a min he tried biting it missed and the. Wouldn’t touch it I put it in a bag in the fridge tell I can figure out if I can either RE freeze it or put it in the cage over night. I have owned breaded dragons for years but I am very new to ball pythons.


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