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i have been having a horrible time trying to get my balls to eat again. before they went off feed they were eating live. they have not eaten in months except for two of them. ive tried feeding them p/k live aslo i tried with tongs and also leaving the dead rat in the tub overnite. they are not intersted? im really losing it! they are all betweeon 750-1100gr im thinking maybe cause im feeding them mornings and i try late afternoon but not at nite. i cant feed at nite cause im never around at nite to feed them? there always in there hides when im around in the day time but im pretty sure thats normal. there temps are between 82-88 it just sucks that they have all this feeding promblems and eat so sparingly. it just came to me that maybe my feeding schedule is the promblem? but who knows?

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You're probably right and it's your feeding schedule. How are you never around at night to feed? You gotta sleep sometime, I'm sure. Or you could change your schedule for one day out of the week for the benefit of your animals, just to see.

Also, just be patient! My male, Darwin, FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY ate a rat today after not touching one since at least January.

Ball pythons are picky and finicky... one of these days yours'll remember they like to eat, haha.

Good luck!

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

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