Help, ball python not striking at food

[Nephil]

Don't thaw in hot water. Your cooking the prey that way an helping the bacteria break down (rot) the prey.

Sounds like you got a bad batch. Thawed prey "should" fell like live or fresh killed. An after being in a water bath shouldn't stink. (Poor quality prey might smell like pee.)

What size is the prey your feeding. I ask because pinks an fuzzies will be mussy. They are more water then protein.

Good luck!

Sorry for the late reply. I feed my BP 2 hopper mice, thinking they were the right size for him cause my past total newbie reptile keeper self underestimated the stretching power of a snake, so i decided to feed my BP the right food quantity until the hoppers finish. I will have to reorder pretty soon, and i'll think if i should switch to rats since he is still young with a big appetite, and so it's maybe time to get him to taste a rat before he just gets stuck with mice as an adult. I'll be careful with choosing the right size prey this time, i'll weigh him and then post a thread about it so i don't do any more major mistakes.