poll: has your bp ever refused a meal?

[recycling goddess]

Has your bp ever refused a meal? How about two? How often do they refuse for you?

I've never had a problem... till now. Dexter hasn't eaten in 4 weeks...

I'm wondering how many other people have this happen to them?

[LadyOhh]

LOL!


Depends on the animal....

But yes, everyone of them has skipped a meal once or twice, depending on the situation.

[juddb]

I have a few that skipped a week or two. I have one big mouser female that finally took a rat yesterday . I couldnt believe it. I try rats with her every now and again, if she refuses i wait a week and throw her a few mice, but this time she took right off the bat. I was like :eek:

[qiksilver]

if he was previously a heavy eater he's probably just regulating himself. Either that or he's being a ball python, ha... I have a little girl (yearling=ish) that hasn't eaten in about as long, and while i find it terribly frustrating, she's still very much in good health, so the problem lies with me being impatient and not with her having a problem.

[mlededee]

i have some that have never missed a meal, some that skip every once in a while, and 2 males that skip fairly often in the winter, but not enough that it affects their weight much at all.

[recycling goddess]

he's nice and fat and squishy... so i'm not really worried about this... as he's always been a good eater.

just hope he smartens up soon and starts back on food. personally i think he's on strike... waiting for his future ball python friends to get through CITES and into our home!

[MarkS]

It really depends on the snake, I've got a female who has never refused a meal even when gravid. In fact she just gave me 8 eggs about a week since her last meal. And I've got some that will eat less then a dozen times in a year.

[The_Godfather]

Males are notorious for it during winter time. It happens, comes with owning a ball and knowing how to handle it. And sometimes you just need to wait it out and keep trying. A lot of the time an evaluaion of your husbandry can help solve it, sometimes its just the snake.

[python.princess]

i've only had a problem once when i tried giving floyd a f/t mouse. that didn't work out so well

[python.princess]

ooohh.... i just remembered.... floyd did quit eating for a month the first winter we had him.... i forgot all about it! too late to revote now.... oh well!