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I bought in early march one 4 y.o female ball. She was 4 ft and around 1500 grams. She was eating like a pig mid sized rats. In 15 april she ate last time and now it's 2 months she is not interested in food at all. Live or dead, mice or rats... she is not that fat and i have fear for her health... is that normal? Have you had the same situation with a ball that is not really huge and in excellent body weight? Last year she was bred and layed 3 eggs.
Thank you for any help!
Flavio
OK first 2 months is nothing so no need to be worried
BP will fast to catch up if the prey they have eaten in the past are too big or if you feed too often.
In my experience if you want a BP that feed with more consistency you should feed smaller preys.
I like many other people (including big breeders) feed nothing larger then a small rat (4 weeks old 45-55 grams)once a week even to my largest girls and it is plenty enough food.
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Deborah
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2 months is not long in the ball python world. There have been several who have posted here that have had balls go many, many months before they decide to eat again.
BTW, are you sure she's not gravid? Her eating for you earlier is not a sure sign she's not gravid, females do eat sometimes when offered, gravid or not.
Best of luck with her. Let us know when sh eats again!
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Alice Cobb
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