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I recently purched two baby balls from a reptile show. The smallest, is a little over a month old. I was wondering what everyone would recomend feeding them. I've been trying to feed f/t fuzzies using feeder tongs, but that seems to scare them more than anything. I'm pretty sure the breeder was feeding live, but i'm not sure i can get live fuzzies/hoppers, so i'm hopping they will take f/t. These are my first bps, so any advice from those with more experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanx!

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0.1 Normal Cornsnake
1.0 Sumatran Short Tail Python
1.1 Ball Pythons

I had this problem with my snake, I'd show her the food and she would try to get away from it / flinch backwards. What I did was to put the food halfway inside her favorite hide at night. This worked for me and now she is eating fine ( not at the moment as she's shedding ).

Best of luck. I Don't remember ever having this with my golden retriever, oddly enough !

Best wishes
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0.1 Royal python
0.2 Dogs
2.0 guineapigs
1.1 kids
0.1 wife

Thanx for the reply...i tried this last night and this morning there was no fuzzy in the cage, so that must of have done the trick!
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0.1 Normal Cornsnake
1.0 Sumatran Short Tail Python
1.1 Ball Pythons

Congrat's, glad I could help. I had to do this for a few feeds but they soon realise that it isn't scary just tasty. I still feed mine at night with a low light on just so as I can see whats going on. lol

Good luck

Colin
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0.1 Royal python
0.2 Dogs
2.0 guineapigs
1.1 kids
0.1 wife