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i have a female albino ball python that is coming up on 2 years old and last Dec she stop eating after she got into a fight with a live rat. its been almost 7 months and still nothing. what is the longest time a ball can go with out eating and still be OK? does anyone have any ideas on what i should do? Ive tried live frozen mice rats assist feed and still nothing. please help me out. thanks

Ouch, another reason to feed them frozen/thawed!
I had a big old female, Beladona, who quit eating for over 7 months. Scared me to death, but she was fine. She was a little skinny, but overall fine. They can go quite a while without eating. They retain fat for a long time. I'm not sure what causes them to quit eating like that, but is sure scares me.
Good luck with her!
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Try an African Rat!

thanks lot

I believe the longest a BP has went without eating was 2 1/2 years. Of course it was an adult though. I think buzzardball was being a “SA” aka smart a** when he said feed it an african rat. He may not have been though. Try a large adult mouse f/t or chub rat pups. Just keep offering once a week. Maybe try like a pinky rabbit. I'm sure if snakes have memories then every time you stick a rat in there, dead or not, the smell of it reminds her of what happened. Eventually she will eat. I had a couple of BP'S that went 6 months without eating and nothing traumatic happened to them to cauce them to stop eating. I hope I helped.

thanks to everyone who has posted to this question i really mean it. i tried to feed her again today and she took a small rat i think she may be back on but only time will tell!! thanks again