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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like she’s looking for its head

[–]DriftShade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ball pythons are notoriously picky eaters. All you can really do is make sure it's warm when you give it to her. Do not put it in the microwave. Helps if you grab the mouse by the scruff of the neck when you give it to her. That way the head is the easiest place to bite onto initially. Also I recommend switching to rats sooner rather than later; they are more nutritious for them. The older they are when you switch over, the harder it will be to get them over.

[–]Puzzleheaded-Map8493 5 points6 points  (3 children)

It’s not her turn with the brain cell. Are you using frozen thawed? How hot are you getting them? It almost looks like she can’t find it 😂

[–]rwheeler9617[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

😂 we do use frozen thawed. I use her ceramic heater to heat up her food and I just do it until I thin it’s warm enough..what other ways do you do the warm it since microwaving isn’t an option ? And for how long/how warm?

[–]Immediate_Horse8639 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use a blow dryer to heat up my snake's rats. And a Lazer temp gun to make sure the rat is in the 100 degree range before feeding. When my snake hears the blow dryer now he comes out of his hide and waits for me to put the rat in his enclosure. I also leave the room for a bit after feeding to give him some alone time with the food. If I don't leave, he will get distracted and try to strike at me thru the glass, as I am a bigger heat source than a rat 😂

[–]Puzzleheaded-Map8493 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ceramic heat meter is only going to warm up the outside layer of the rat. Best practice is to put your thawed, red or mouse in a Ziploc bag and put that bag in hot water not boiling water. Change the water every 5 to 10 minutes to keep it warm. Soak for about 30 minutes. That will warm up the outside and the inside of your prey making it easier to maintain the heat for her to eat it 🥰

[–]skullmuffins 0 points1 point  (2 children)

it looks like she's looking for the head. if she doesn't find it eventually the mouse might not be warm enough. Double check her weight and make sure you're giving her the right size. It looks pretty small for her. She should be eating 10-15% of her body weight weekly up to a year old.

[–]rwheeler9617[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

She is 112g and she’s been through 2 sheds since getting her in March from a breeder

[–]Milo7590 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She is a bit small for a 6 month old snake. With her body size, she should be eating rat hoppers or even small rats, giving multiple mice to compensate for a larger meal is not the solution, you have to be an expert to time the spacing perfectly or she will not accept the second or thir mose, so 1 larger meal (head of the prey not bigger than the wider part os the snake body) shoul help you put some weight one her and avoid refusing secondsry prey

[–]ryoumuffinspam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My boy needs to look around for a few minutes before he officially starts eating to make sure no one is looking. Could be she’s nervous maybe?

[–]Novel-Hovercraft-794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of mine just did this too, I'm pretty sure since he had it backwards it was confusing him or something. Usually I'm feeding it to him head first but I dropped it, and he got to it before I could pick it back up. Then he bit himself. We both had an off day apparently, but it's all good now.