Not eating, underweight ball python

[dakski]

It was a success! I fed Platano the 17g rat and he struck and coiled instantly. He's swallowing it as I write this. Thank you so much to both Bogertophis and Dakski for your help! From now on, I will be feeding him, as well as my other BPs, smaller meals. I rather have them eat a rat that's 10% of their body weight every week, consistently, then try for a 15% one that might cause them to refuse the following week.

This was a (stressful) learning experience and I really appreciate that you guys took the time to help me solve the issue as well as made me feel better about his current weight so I wasn't constantly worrying these past 9 days.

So thanks again!

You are very welcome. We are always here to help.

Thank you for a) posting a response (many people leave us hanging and we never know what happened and if the problem was resolved), and b) for listening and applying what you learned. I think you will be happier and your snakes will be happier in the end.

Awesome Platano took the rat and I think you should have smooth sailing from here on out.

Good luck and keep us posted.