She didn't eat :(

[Swany]

Originally Posted by OSMDEATHOWNER

The rat was sorta at like room temp. And I apologize KORBIN for being an a$$ before, was just very frustrated and jus thought you were making fun of me, even if you was it was childish of me to get so mad.

Well said man. That was a nice thing. ;-)

[alessia55]

Originally Posted by OSMDEATHOWNER

But yea, the rat was kinda warm

It helps if you heat up the head especially hot. Ball pythons use their heat pits to sense heat, so it might be that the rat smelled good but wasn't hot enough. Stick with the battle and you'll succeed Good luck next week!

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by OSMDEATHOWNER

She was eating live small rats, I was tryna feed her f/t. And her eyes are his dark black. I took off the thermometers and hygrometer sticky guages off the tank and imma try to go get a thermostat as soon as tonite or tomorrow morning. Ma brother is kinda upset I'm putting this much effort into a 3 year old regular ball but it's not bout that to me feel me. It's bout her being ma pet (&friend) and me doin best for her even if she is basic. I may wanna breed later on but not her. Not at all for another 4 to 8 years

i would stun a live rat then watch over her to see if she will take it

i would let it take 4 or 5 live feeds,just so i knew it was eating regular and its husbandry was spot on

then i would go about crossing it over to frozen thawed

first off i'd try and get it feeding on fresh killed

then once it ate 4 or 5 feeds of fresh killed

i'd try the frozen thawed

i hope you get her feeding

all the best shaun

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by OSMDEATHOWNER

The rat was sorta at like room temp. And I apologize KORBIN for being an a$$ before, was just very frustrated and jus thought you were making fun of me, even if you was it was childish of me to get so mad.

Just forget about it. That's what I did. Anyway my post was said out of frustration because I have been telling someone I know to stop feeding live. Anyway he sent me a pic of the snake and I noticed a bunch of little cuts. Needless to say I wasn't in a good mood.

You obviously have this snakes best interest at heart so I give you my seal of approval!

[Terranaut]

Just for a bit of piece of mind here my boas went almost 6 weeks without food then suddenly fed again twice now and my carpets are going into the 7th week foodless. I called my males previous owner and he said Mick will typically go off food for up to 4 months during the mating season. Keep fixing your little issues with your setup and when its time he will eat. Good job so far.

[Kiljosh]

Hey buddy,

Just speaking from experience here. In November my friend Mike met my Ball Python Stubbs and decided he wanted one. So we went to an Expo and he picked up a Male Black Pastel and named it BillyBob. It was eating Live prey. A week after he brought it home he fed it a F/T Fuzzie mouse and BillyBob ate it. BillyBob went off feed for over 2 months after that. Beginning of January at some time Mike was getting worried so I went over to his house to check on his husbandry. Everything was spot on, the only thing was his hides were kind of exposed with the entrances facing the room.

I advised him to turn the hides away from the room towards more privacy and attempt again in 10 days. No luck that week so we tried dipping a F/T Fuzzie in Sodium Free(CRUCIAL) chicken broth. Still no luck. He finally ate F/T but I had to hold his head and just start the mouse's nose into his mouth. I did not JAM the mouse into it's throat. Just pushed its nose into the snake's nose and the snake took over. This was a last ditch effort because the Snake was losing weight and looked unhealthy. He was months old, this contributed to our worry. I don't recommend this unless the snake is VISIBLY looking unhealthy.

Also, my Ball went off feed from the beginning of December till 2 weeks ago. Normally I feed him in the bath tub and he seemed not interested in his rat. I tried dangling the rat into his viv in front of him while he was in his hide and it was an almost INSTANT strike and coil. Since then no problems as long as I feed him in his viv.

Try to feed him in the viv and see if he is more comfortable eating in there. You have Reptile Carpet so there's no chance of him eating anything else besides the rat. Just keep persisting every week or so, he will eat.

And if you havent gotten a thermometer yet, Wal-Mart sells one for like $15 that reads outdoor/indoor temps as well as humidity. I have one of these to measure air temps on either side of his cage. I also have two digital thermometers to measure the temperature in his hides. But I was taught to be anal about temperatures on this forum, my setup is prob a little overkill.

Good luck, sorry for the novel.

[OSMDEATHOWNER]

Thanks , so I place the digital ones inside too rite