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So, my ball python refuses to eat -

Taxidermy

Taxidermy

everything under the sun.
I was wondering if anyone had any other methods besides: attempting to feed with a gerbil, scenting with chicken broth, live, or prekilled.

I know her temperatures are right, she has an high 70's - 80 to 90 heat gradient in her vivarium. She's not about to shed, and i'm pretty sure she doesn't have an RI infection.

I was just wondering if anyone else had any more methods to getting a ball python to feed.
 
How long have you had her? How old is she? How is your tank set up? I had one that wouldn't eat and I placed her in a small tub with two hides and a water dish. I fed her live and kaboom! she started eating again.
 
Taxidermy said:
I was wondering if anyone had any other methods besides: attempting to feed with a gerbil, scenting with chicken broth, live, or prekilled.

I know her temperatures are right, she has an high 70's - 80 to 90 heat gradient in her vivarium. She's not about to shed, and i'm pretty sure she doesn't have an RI infection.

I was just wondering if anyone else had any more methods to getting a ball python to feed.
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I agree, with Rachel but didn't you just got this snake??
How long have you had it? How long has it been with out food? If this is a new snake did you leave it be for a week?
Balls are not the easiest snakes in the feeding, if you bother them they will shy away from the food.
1. Leave the snake alone for a week, just give it water, do not handle it.
2. Place the food in an outside container with a lid and walk away. Leave the snake alone for about 30 minutes. Balls can be very shy.
3. If this snake is near shed, it may not even touch the food. This is another issue with some balls as well.

I only had to give one snake in my collection Gerbils, and it wasn't a ball. Some had to start with live but I got them on to frozen in about 3-4 months.

I have also had some difficult feeders eat for me like pigs by placing them in a rack system and having them in the dark for awhile.
 
I've had my royal python for about a year, and my cousin owned her the year before - so she is a little over two years old. She was eating fine for me about a month ago - all of the sudden she's decided to ... not eat. She's currently in a 50 g vivarium with FOUR different hides. Again, she has a heat gradient of at least 78/80 to 90 as her hot spot, these have always been her temperatures, also - i dont think she's about to shed, but you never know. It's just shes rejected food for some time.
 
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