i have a captive bred and hatched yearling ball python, i just bought on saturday, the last time the snake ate was saturday july 30, they tried again on friday august 5, but the snake refused, i figured it was a little to soon, and the snakes looks kind of hazy, like it is fixing to shed, they said the snake had not shed yet, it shed in the beginning part of july. before i brought the snake home i set the enclosure up, so the uth could adjust and to make sure everything looked ok.
so far i havent bothered the snake, just looked in on him but other i have not done anything to stress him out.
this morning i went to another petshop, who has a pretty bad rap with herps, that my reason for not believing them. the girl was talking telling me they were getting a few ball pythons in later this week, she knew i was looking for one.i told her i already found a yearling and bought it and have it at home.
she told me they are very hard to get to eat, and if i have a problem getting the snake to eat to bring it in to them to force feed it, they are experinced in force feeding, they killed about 3 snakes learning. here is my opinion on the whole subject, right now i think it is to soon for me to worry about the snake eating, hes only been here for 3 days, i know he needs time.... secondly i would think to start a snake off force feeding would stress it out ?? she also claimed to me that a yearling ball python could not live past a month with out eating, i dont believe that either i was under the impression a snake could go well over a month without eating.....
i hate going in to that shop they give bad advice in my opinion, but they are the only shop in town that carries the brand of ferret food i feed, and they also sell sugar glider supplies, other wise i wouldnt go in there.

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• is this true? - raisnok, Tue Aug 9 10:41:22 2005
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• NO - JM, Tue Aug 9 11:02:52 2005
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