Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
The breeder said they would eat 2 weeks in a row and then refuse? Or he just wouldnt feed them? I suspect he was feeding to large of meals. Were they on mice? or African soft furred rats?

2 missed meals really isn't a drop in the bucket. Especially if one just shed. Keep offering once every 7 days, or rather if you'd like, once every 2 weeks. No handling at all and stay positive. They will eat!
he was feeding her two weeks in a row then not giving on the third week, the bigger female was on small rats while the smaller female was strictly mice.


Quote Originally Posted by elevatethis View Post
You're dealing with a double whammy of sorts here...I dealt with a similar situation with a 100% het albino girl I bought that came in around 900 grams.

First of all, shipping a ball python to a new place with new sights, smells, sounds, keeper routines, etc, is stressfull enough for a ball python to lose interest in feeding while they settle in.

Second, those snakes are entering the "terrible teens" where they aren't babies anymore but aren't quite adults either...a LOT of people observe that ball pythons get flaky with feeding around this time...not all the time...but enough that it's worth mentioning that it is a possibility. I find that I can get hatchlings up to 1000 grams in a year, but at that point, they start slowing down and it isn't until they reach around 1500 grams that they start slamming food again.

Just give them some time, be patient, go easy on the handling sessions, make sure they have secure hides, and just don't mess with them too much. They'll come around eventually.

Hope that helps.
they werent shipped.. we went and picked them up directly from the breeder but i do know its stressful to have a big change. we dont hold either of them but maybe once a week, when cleaning but we will cut that out too until they feed if need be. thanks for the comments everyone, they really did help!