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RE: Help with new ball python!?!?!?!

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Posted by: JenHarrison at Mon Aug 20 13:59:01 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JenHarrison ]  
   

First, stop handling him. You need to let him settle in for a week or two before messing with him. Second, room-temperature food is not going to be appealing to a baby ball python that knows by instinct to look for very warm food. Warm it up to about 98 degrees (body temp of a rodent) and then offer it to him. You may have to use tongs and make it wiggle a bit to simulate it being alive. They're not keen on taking cold dead food that's just laying on the cage floor.
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