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Yup, You guessed it its a Wild caught going on 9 months now.

Shes Not looking good at all.
Yes this is my 1st and ever wild caught.

What have you tried to feed her (live, prekilled, FT, mice, rats, etc)

Has she ever eaten for you?

Have you had her checked by a vet and gotten a fecal?

What methods have you tried to get her to eat?

How much weigth has she lost? Any muscle tone loss? Is she lethargic?

What is your setup like (cage or glass tank, warm side temps, cool side temps, number and types of hides, cage size, etc)?

Give a little bit more info and it will be easier to help ya. If you have a pic of your setup to post that would be great too.
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She has not ate since in my care. I have tried EVERY thing.
Started with mice used every color in the rainbow so to speak live/pre killed Rats uses only live pups nothing that could hurt her. Also pre killed and left over night with a f/t
No interest she is scared of them. And at one time she was striking the cage not in the direction on the mouse.
or any one around just strange. I did go to a vet but can do any thing can get any thing from her to check.
I think she drinks.. Just think tho. Never seen her and when I soak her she puts her head in the tub so I am hoping she is drinking some thing. The dang vet wont give me anything to treat her. Because she cant get anything out of her to test. I got some brown bags going to try that. I really don't want to stress her. she has lost 189 grams over the months. She stays in her hide box, she don't come out . her housing. she is set up in a condo. 90 lt tote rack unit
with the usual flex watt heat set at 89 hot middle 85 cool 77 night drop to 85 She is on prrfline sheets ( like custom white paper towels ) good stuff. if she has tick/mites I will see them!

Thanks for any info!!

some of my big girls havent eaten since september and have lost around 200g , but they are still in breeding mode. so you could do like i do and offer her food about once a fortnight.

you could also just completely leave her alone for a month then try her.

failing these offer her a gerbil (but as a last resort because she may get a taste for them)

How much does she weigh now? If she is getting very thin you need to act. First try a fresh killed mouse or rat pup and wet it with some chicken broth. See if she will take it on her own, If not you could try to start the head into the snakes mouth, this might start the feeding response. Lastly, find a different vet if the one you have is not real hip with caring for herps. If it comes to it "The Ball Python Manual" has step by step instructions on how to feed, and what to feed with a tube. If your snake is not emaciated I would not go that route just yet. Get a "Ball Python Manual" anyway if you plan on having BPs. It has a lot of info in it. Good Luck and keep us posted.

>>Yup, You guessed it its a Wild caught going on 9 months now.
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>>Shes Not looking good at all.
>>Yes this is my 1st and ever wild caught.

She may still just kick in. Failing that, I would leave her alone for at least a couple three weeks. Then I would go with a f/t gerbil. Seems to be what my WCs are most likely to go for. Overnight, in the enclosure.
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