Quote Originally Posted by pythontricker View Post
My bp has randomly chosen not to eat tonight. he hasnt done this ever before except when shedding. any one know why. i know that theyre very reclusive. but mine isnt. theres only one thing i think could have caused him to not eat (im just guessing). i got a him a new really big climbing obstical in his cage. he seems to be really interested with it all of the sudden and is deciding to play around quite a bit when he is ussualy sleeping. he is super energetic tonight and wont eat i am really confused and slightly worried. any comforting words of knowledge and expertese of ball python behavior word be so appriciated. please help!
If he is over a year old and female BP's are present, chances are he is not thinking of food. A lot of males stop eating during mating season.

Even if that is not that case, I wouldn't get too worried. Just wait a week, and try again come next feeding day.

Robin