Anything for you Albey

Yes the dreaded 600 plus gram wall. We all have seen this happen and undoubtedly it always happens to our best feeders and most promising animals. The truth is that it’s just part of the deal. Some Ball Pythons will feed right through the “wall”, but a large percentage will go into a fasting mode around 600-800 grams or about 8-12 months old. I would imagine that this is because Ball Pythons in the wild are really binge feeders. They will eat as much and as often as they can through the summer getting ready for the times when food (rodents) is scarce. I’ve seen Ball Pythons come out of Africa that are only about two months old that are 500 plus grams. They must feed almost everyday to get that large, but when the time comes to fast they seem to have enough body weight to go a really long time. I agree that every animal is different and we’ve had them go off food for a couple months all the way to just shy of a year. The amazing thing is that they really don’t lose that much weight during this fast. Of course they don’t grow and it can be very frustrating, but I guess it’s part of the Ball Python game. Sometimes when you put them into very small caging and even offer very small meals it can snap them out of their self imposed fast. But sometimes only time will get them going again. I wish I had the magic answer, but I don’t. Patience is what Ball Pythons are all about, if you don’t have patience then you should keep Leopard Gecko’s (that’s for you Albey) Brian (BHB)

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