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i got a pair of 07 red blood pythons i waited 5 days and tried to feed them because they look a little thin female ate and male didnt i waited a week and now they both havent eaten im worried that they wont make it they are preety skinny as it is. what can i try to get them to eat im using F/t hoppers and i am feeding them in their tubs. any help would be much apreciated thanks

Sometimes they need to start on live prey. You can work on switching them over later. The bloods I have that started on live mice as hatchlings switched to f/t pretty readily once they were eating.

>>i got a pair of 07 red blood pythons i waited 5 days and tried to feed them because they look a little thin female ate and male didnt i waited a week and now they both havent eaten im worried that they wont make it they are preety skinny as it is. what can i try to get them to eat im using F/t hoppers and i am feeding them in their tubs. any help would be much apreciated thanks

first, how are you housing them, what is the humidity, what are your cool and hot side temps, what sort of hides are you using, are they housed together?

also, f/t hoppers sound way to small.

i have them housed in a 32quart bin rack with a hot spot of 90 wich is what i read it should be before i purchased the humidity is about 60% and i am using fake rock hides i bought from a local pet store reason i used a hopper ot feed was it was their first meal here and they look petty skinny and didnt want to overdo it for their first feeding