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02-13-11, 04:11 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
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Originally Posted by Reptile_Reptile
My Royal has never missed a meal either, i swear he is part carpet he gets a lil crazy when i get the food out of the freezer.
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i feed mine in a shoebox. as soon as i drop him in he assumes the S position and gets the mouse like 2 seconds after i drop it in every time.
the last time i fed him before yesterday he was facing the wall and the mouse was the other way, so i figured i'd put my finger on his butt and spin him around. he saw the heat from my hand and took a pot shot!! lol
i dodged his bite like a ninja and took a step or two back and said "i guess he's got it on his own" then he Flipped around and got the mouse lol.
it was super random, my subconcious must have been thinking about the missed bite, cuz i had a dream that my BP bit me last night. lol
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02-13-11, 04:24 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
i have to put the rat in his tank while he is in a hide. cause he will tag it out of my hand. and if i place the rat then put him in the tank he will coil it from my had witch is a trip.
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02-13-11, 09:37 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
I just use hemostats to dangle my thawed out rats. Works like a charm. Best part is I don't use a different feed bin so no worries for being bitten by accident!
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02-13-11, 09:45 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
sorry what is a hemostat?
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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02-14-11, 12:59 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
hemostats are the things that are shaped like scizzors but have a flat part at the tip to grab things and they have little rungs that click shut so they stay closed.
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02-14-11, 01:20 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
thanks... learn something new everyday
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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02-14-11, 07:50 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
I i use giant tweezers when feeding
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02-14-11, 10:12 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
Also use giant tweezers (about 10 inches long) for holding the prey.
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02-14-11, 10:21 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
So basically- if she's gonna eat for me it's going to go down quickly? That's how it was with my brother's BP...but it was years ago and I rarely watched the feedings. I just want to get rid of this noisey smelly little mouse! Plus I feel bad for it- all alone and nothing to do but eat and poop. I'll let it go outside before I get a wheel for it.
I'm going to try to feed her again tonight. No one else there, lights out and silent. I haven't touched her since I tried feeding her on Wednesday night. Just changed her water and sprayed in her tank.
I covered 3/4 of her tank with plastic wrap and then towels on the sides. The temp is much more consitance and I think it might make her feel more secure in there with the sides covered for now. I still plan to move her to feed her. I have just a rubbermaid container that the mouse can't get out of. Would a smaller container be better though? Less room for the mouse to run around? I just figured she wouldn't have trouble getting it. Last time she cornered the mouse and pulled back like she would strike but just never did.
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02-14-11, 08:42 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
Ok, she's in the "S" position and watching the mouse pretty good but it's been 10 minutes so far and she's not going for it at all.
I have her in a paper box, lid half on and all but one little lamp on in the apt. no sound and I'm not even watching, just listening.
Nothing. Trying to not get me down or discouraged but I really really want her to eat for me. I've left her completely alone since Wednesday. Her temps are up, humidity up and she's just been hanging out in her hide(s).
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02-14-11, 08:58 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
how long has it been since she's eatin?
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02-14-11, 09:13 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
3 weeks today. TCR fed her every monday and said that she always ate for them great. Last week when I took her out she seemed curious about me so I let her hang out and she sort checked me out and seemed to get comfy while I was holding her.
Tonight she seemed stressed and so I put her back right away and she immediately went under her water dish.
Would tomorrow be too soon to try again if I leave her in her tank?
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02-15-11, 07:21 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
You want to leave it at least a week really before trying again, otherwise the stress just builds up. No handling or interaction except to change water for seven days and then try again.
My guy ate last week after 12 weeks so you could be in for a long wait. As long as the snake looks healthy then try not to worry.
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02-15-11, 08:26 PM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
Thats the plan. I'll try again next monday and I'm going to try feeding her in her tank. Until then water will mysteriously appear and I wont...
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02-21-11, 11:59 AM
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Re: Ball Python Questions- hiding in the cold...
Tried again last night. Positioned herself to strike, then decided she wanted to check out the room instead and tried to get out of the box. Letting her go another week.
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