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It's a Miracle!!!!

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Tara
I am crying...I am sooo happy! It has FINALLY HAPPENED! My baby albino ball python ATE! On her own!!!
She arrived on Halloween....
she would not eat...not live, not f/t, not brained...nothing! I tried everything. One week I put her in a bag with something overnight.
One week I left it in her tank.
Last week I was so upset because she was only 75 grams and she lost 5...her skin was loose...her spine sharp. She was such a little one. *and maybe my worry was making me see things*
So after talking to many people and buying the best bp book I could find *the one by nerd* I forced a pinkie mouse into her mouth, closed her mouth and pulled it back so it was stuck in her teeth. She swallowed.
I rejoiced...but was so afraid for her.
Then tonight...One week later, she was in her new really small hide and I decided to try one more trick. I dipped a large fuzzy *nearly a hopper* in boiling water until I pulled it out steaming.
Then so she could not see me..I "walked" it with long tiny tongs across the entrance to her cave......
SHE STRUCK!
SHE COILED!
SHE SWALLOWED!
and I cried! Silent as a mouse I took a picture *forgot the flash but thank goodness she didn't notice* Silently tears streamed down my face....
She ate all on her own...and frozen too!
Then happy as a lark she curled up under the bigger log hide and practically licked her lips.
I am the happiest snake owner in the world right now....
truly
Isn't this the prettiest picture you have EVER seen...
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I always advise people with royal python feeding issues to boil the head. I always offered my royals piping hot food as they are most reactive/sensitive to heated prey. Works everytime :) Glad your wee one ate.
 
Yeah Tula..I had heard that although I had tried it once before and she ignored it. But the combo of her tightest hide...not being able to see me...and steaming hot, that I think was the perfect set of yummyness! But you are so right...boiling hot = good!
 
UPDATE! She ate again! It's been six days and I offered her another mousie..and down the hatch it went! Woot x2!!!
 
great news. i know what it feels like to have one not eat, then all of a sudden take. you can heat the head on a light bulb too. thats how i heat my lots food. well done though.
 
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