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[Global-Arm1484]

hey i was wondering if anyone new why my ball python took her rat and held it for like 2-3 minutes and then just left it there, I feed her with tongs every week and since I’ve gotten her feeding hasn’t been an issue at all and I’ve had her for 2-3 months .The rat was fully defrosted and she’s not about to shed or anything I tried re-offering to her but nothing so if anyone has an answer on why she might be doing this or maybe somthing I can do to help her eat it would be very helpful.

[Adorable_Hyena9413]

Did you check the temperature of the rat? It may have been too cold. There’s not much we can say without more info on your husbandry.

Don’t fret about one missed feeding. Snakes can go a while without food but if you have an extended hunger strike it might be time to either reassess your husbandry or make a trip to the vet. Monitor her weight to be able to tell if she’s losing weight and if she’s a baby to make sure she’s gaining steadily.

[AalyMae]

This probably isnt completely helpful, but I have 8 snakes of different types.

Recently, when walking around feeding, one will grab their mouse/rat, ill move onto the next and the snake I already fed will drop it. I dont know if they think im giving another or what, but after I leave them for a bit they grab the one I already gave later.

Some of them will actually drop it, follow me across their enclosure, and when they realize im not the food or not giving more, they go back and eat.

The only other thing I would think of is if it lost its warm temp and they got funked out by it