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I have six ball pythons. Five of them are eating like pigs. The only one giving me grief is my new male albino het. It's been two months and he's taken one mouse. I've tried frozen, live, fresh-killed, mice, rats, gerbils, different sizes, times of day,... nothing's pleasing him! His weight is holding at 560g, so I'm not worried about his health, yet. I have three females waiting for this guy to mature, but he's not helping. Any suggestions?

i know how you feel my male pastel is off feed to
i think its because if the cooling temp. but their isnt really anyhting you can do about it. just wait it out he'll come around

Joe

This has worked for me in the past:
Give him a dark hide box and leave him alone for a week or so (no peeking). After that, try putting a live rat fuzzy or even F/T something that won't end up crawling on him or bite him, then leave him alone for a little while. Check on him, if he hasn't eaten, take it out try again in another week.
I know when I get worried about one of my snakes I ended up checking on it all the time which just makes the snake stressed. Just relax, he just might stressed.

Hope it helps and Good Luck, Des

Have you tried in the middle of the night? Around 2 am. or so? I have had a lot of luck with that. You could also try putting a rat pup in there before you go to bed and check if its gone in the morning. Young rat pups do not pose a risk of injuring your snake. Do not leave an adult rat/mouse in with him overnight.
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John Vandegrift