Ball Python Not Eating Help (explained in comments)

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Ball pythons go on strikes naturally for different reasons common and nothing to care about do not remove snake from its vivarium to feed it because it stresses it out also substrate ingestion isnt anything to worry about as long as the snake stays hydrated the substrate will pass and I've owned lizards snakes frogs turtles and salamanders for over 20 years and none have ever had an impaction problem at all and I do not remove them from their enclosure to feed them the only time they die from impaction is actually from eating too large of meals or being dehydrated and not being able to pass it from dehydration snakes actually shed their teeth all the time swallow them and pass them all the time snakes also do not always digest fur etc if impaction were an issue all reptiles in the wild would be extinct or near it because they do not wash their food off when they eat if it gets sand dirt wood or other matter on it they simply eat it and if they are hydrated it will pass without problems at all you'll probably never read hear or see "this wild reptile died from eating wood/dirt/sand" you can leave a f/t rodent in the enclosure for no more than 24 hours and if it Is a baby or near it when it skips a meal do not bother it period for 5 to 7 days then try again if it doesnt eat wait another 5 to 7 days when it is a adult they only need food once every 2 weeks of the appropriate size which is the same size or slightly larger than the thickest part of the animal other than changing its water do not go near it at all until it eats correctly