He is younger, hard to tell as the worker at the local reptile focused petstore didn't know much about ball pythons. Hes 2 1/2 feet long and his last feed he was around 300 g I believe the last time he was weighed (remember weighing him but lacked to log it). I guess hunger strike is an aggressive term because when he does feed he eats like a champ. His last meal was the largest he had and i noticed by his physical size it took him longer to digest than normal so I think that might be why hes refused the past few times I've tried to feed him, maybe i got ambitious and his meal was too large. I've factored in the move stressing him out and thats why I left him alone for some time before i attempted to feed or handle him.
After a few failed attempts of feeding thats why im confused. hes had 3 perfect full sheds eye caps and everything. I gave him his time to adapt then started to handle him regularly and he seems to love it. He actually comes to me and noticeably recognizes my smell. we hang out outside of his enclosure frequently.
I've tried covering 70% of the screen top before and continued to use insulation board because it was the winter. Now it's becoming spring and his behavior is fine his weight and physical appearance has hardly changed but i can't help but constantly stress about not being able to regulate humidity because I dont want him to contract an RI. Temps range from 78-82 and his humidity if im not home to spray dips to 45 (STRESS INITIATED). The main reason why i reached out to proproducts for an rhp was because the heat pads arent warming enough to the temp my thermostat reads via temp gun and im not risking burning his belly if he burrows by jacking it up any higher if for some reason it starts reading properly. UHP pads from reviews ive read seem to be pretty 50/50 and i think i ended up the /50 where they just dont work or i always end up with a junk one?! My thought process is (struggling with humidity because not warm enough ambient wise, insulation board and keep lamp on, [Losing humidity, or turn lamp off & getting] potentially too cold for too long) I feel like a crazy mom overprotecting my baby AHHHH also i forgot to mention because i was just ranting so sorry!! i use a 40/60 coconut fiber/sphagnum moss substrate
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