Feeding question

[pitbulls4me]

She is doing well thank you for asking. She was hissing a bit this morning when I gave her fresh water but I figured she is just a little stressed out.

I am going to pick up another UTH tomorrow to warm the cool side a bit. Humidity right now is at 42% so I put some S.Moss in there tonight so that should help some.

[Kaorte]

Sounds like you are on the path to suckles! I know it is hard to feed live, but really it is so fast. Snakes are really good at what they do and they make death nearly instant.

I think you have gotten some great feeding advice so far. I am sure she will eat for you in no time now that she is in good hands!

[JeffJ]

She is doing well thank you for asking. She was hissing a bit this morning when I gave her fresh water but I figured she is just a little stressed out.

I am going to pick up another UTH tomorrow to warm the cool side a bit. Humidity right now is at 42% so I put some S.Moss in there tonight so that should help some.

thats great, if you looking for a name may i suggest Felicity or Felicia? some where along the grapevine i thought they meant Lucky or were associated with it. seems fitting

[pitbulls4me]

thats great, if you looking for a name may i suggest Felicity or Felicia? some where along the grapevine i thought they meant Lucky or were associated with it. seems fitting

Thanks for the suggestion... very nice of you! I am not sure what I will name her. I dont really name any of the animals, the boyfriend does all that. He is the creative one.. although he named our salamander, Salamander.

[frankykeno]

Personally when it comes to rescues and especially ones that have been in a petstore or other environment where they are exposed to other snakes and come to me in poor shape, I like to get a fecal float done as soon as possible. No point spending months trying to get weight on her and then finding out some of her problems are a gut full of icky worms.

I hope she is in full quarantine from your other snake. That's always best and safest.

Go over those links I posted before. Adam is a very experienced guy and some of that info will help you I'm sure. She may not be a new hatchling but if she's never learned to hunt on her own you can use some of those steps to help her now. Don't push food at her too much. No handling other than what is absolutely necessary. Keep her in a quiet, low light room away from the busy areas of your home. I'd get her off mouse pinks. They really aren't enough for a ball python that needs to be growing.

[martinarquero]

thats great, if you looking for a name may i suggest Felicity or Felicia? some where along the grapevine i thought they meant Lucky or were associated with it. seems fitting

actually felicia, means happiness!,

[pitbulls4me]

Personally when it comes to rescues and especially ones that have been in a petstore or other environment where they are exposed to other snakes and come to me in poor shape, I like to get a fecal float done as soon as possible. No point spending months trying to get weight on her and then finding out some of her problems are a gut full of icky worms.

I hope she is in full quarantine from your other snake. That's always best and safest.

Go over those links I posted before. Adam is a very experienced guy and some of that info will help you I'm sure. She may not be a new hatchling but if she's never learned to hunt on her own you can use some of those steps to help her now. Don't push food at her too much. No handling other than what is absolutely necessary. Keep her in a quiet, low light room away from the busy areas of your home. I'd get her off mouse pinks. They really aren't enough for a ball python that needs to be growing.

I had a vet appointment but cancelled it due to I wasnt sure I would get her in time for the appoinment because the store kept holding off giving her to me. I will reschedule for one though.

She is in a totally different house from my other snake!

I got her hoppers to eat. I will try feeding like suggested.. of course in a week or two. She is in my bedroom, and I am gone most of the day, under my bed near a window. So there is little light coming through the blinds and curtains so she is good with light. There is also no draft or anything like that in there.

Thanks again for all the advice!

[frankykeno]

Tina you don't need to take her to the vet just for a fecal float. If you want to have her looked at fine, but personally I'd wait on that and let her settle in since she's not critically ill or anything at this point. Call around to your local vets and ask who will do a fecal float on snake feces. Ask if they do it on site (some will do it while you wait if you phone ahead) and how much they charge. To give you an idea my vet charges $25 for a fecal float.

Then just wait for her to pass a feces. Collect it in a ziploc sandwich baggie. Put that closed bag in another ziploc baggie (I believe in overkill when I'm storing snake crap lol) and place it in the fridge - not freezer. Take it to the vet's office as soon as possible. Personally, and only because I love my family, I also put the baggie full of snake dookie into a closed plastic container and mark it "SNAKE POOP". Considering how much my 17 year old son grazes in the fridge, it's probably a good idea.

Once you have that fecal float report back, your vet will advise you if she has any internal parasites and at that point you'd be taking her in for treatment. I'd suggest if you do get a positive report back that before that appointment you post the results here so the experienced members can advise you on what treatment tends to work best for that particular parasite.