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I've had my baby ball python for roughly a month, and he seems to be very reluctant to settle into a feeding schedule. Obviously snakes don't understand schedules, but I was just wondering if it was normal for such a young snake to only want to eat every 8 or so days?

Also, a lot of pictures I see of young ball pythons show them being thicker than he is as compared to length. He's roughly 18" long, and about an inch in diameter at the thickest part of his body. Would this be considered a normal girth for a very young ball python? He had been very recently hatched before I bought him a month ago.

What is his weight? Every 8 days is fine. He will thicken up in a few months
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Yeah. This was supposed to be his feeding day according to his schedule (every 8 days or so), but I accidently stressed him out today (fumbling around in his cage), and I know he's not going to be willing to eat. I'll try tomorrow.

I haven't gotten a weight on him yet. I haven't removed him from his tank at all since I bought him (about a month ago), because I'm trying to keep him as stress-free as possible. The only times I've touched him were when I needed to move him inside of his enclosure (like if I had to move his hidespot...I had to move him to put the hidespot back).

He is a seemingly healthy snake, but I'm very concious of the stress captive reptiles endure, so anything that I do wrong now that stresses him out worries me to death.