Quote Originally Posted by jason4173 View Post
Velvet, my BP when I got her on Dec. 14 was 103 grams. I got her from PetsMart and they gave me all her paperwork, feeding charts etc...they were feeding her F/T (which I have continued)fuzzy mice which were too small for her as they are less than half the diameter that she is. When I got her they gave me a container of the fuzzies to go with her and I used those to feed and she would eat 3 of them. She was feeding great on fuzzies every week up to about a week before she shed and she almost stopped eating but she did get up to 116 grams before shed on Dec. 30. After her shed she ate again, only 1 fuzzy and have not got her to eat again.

I tried to change her to the bigger medium mice after shed which look to be about the right size for her, she freaked out like they scared her. She pulled back away from it and quickly went in the opposite direction of where the mouse was being offered. I offer the mice from feeding tongs and dangle them in front of her. As soon as she smells the bigger mice she wants nothing to do with it. The last time I weighed her she was 119 grams on Dec 31, the day after shedding. I had her out to check her and her shed to make sure it was complete. I had her out lastnight and weighed her again and her skin is sort of loose looking, and weighted only 108 grams...

Any ideas what may be going on?? She will not eat even the fuzzies now, will have nothing to do with bigger mice. Not sure if it will help but she is now 18 inches long, and as I said is 108 grams, this seems real small to me....? Any ideas how to get her eating again? I dont want to put a live mouse in with her and risk her getting hurt...what else can be done????? How much weight can she lose and be ok? Will she let herself starve...I know they can go a long time without eating but she is dropping weight..



Thanks.
Was this an adoption snake from petsmart? I have never heard of them giving feeding charts and such.I suggest you cease handling her until she starts eating on a normal basis.I say this because every time she refuses to eat you handle her and it add more stress.Totaly leave her alone for a full week then try to feed her.If she refuses try after another week.In my experiance ball pythons can tend to be stuuborn whenever you change anything on them .Keep us posted