I have noticed that a few of my younger balls will do that when they are really close to going into their shed cycle. I mean right before (a day or two) they turn "dusty" looking. That's the only time I've noticed it too. And my adults and juvies don't, no matter how close to or deep in shed they may be. Maybe they are just in a little discomfort because of the changes happening in their skin and it intterrupts their feeding skills. The next feeding after they've shed they feed just fine. I don't know....just what I've noticed with some of mine.
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Cheers,
Jessica
10.15 Ball Pythons; 8.9 Corn Snakes; 0.0.1 Green Tree Python
2.2 Jungle Carpet Pythons
1.0 Cay Caulker
1.0 Nic, 0.1 Tpos Nic
1.0 Hypo Het Albino BCI, 0.1 Albino BCI
0.0.1 BCC (almost 20 yrs old)
3.0 Crazy Dogs and 2.0 cats
Some Tropical Fish
...........and growing!

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