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I have a pair of jungle carpet pythons. The person I bought them from said they had eaten five times...I would like to beileve this but...I have tried to feed on several occations and nothing!!!!!

I have tried live and frozen pinks and hoppers teasing and leaving in a contianer.

I am at a loss at this point. I can get a ball to feed but just cann't get these to eat PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!

Paul

What are the husbandry issues with the animal? Type of enclosure? High traffic or quiet location? Temp's Humidity? How long have you had the animal? If you just recently acquired the carpet I would just leave it alone for at least a week in a nice quiet location to let it settle in. Carpets, even right out of the egg will prefer a fuzzy to a pinky. I would wait until dust/night time to feed the animal. I have never had problems feeding any of my carpet pythons frozen thawed rodents but if necessary you can use live fuzzies and try to switch to frozen thawed once the animal is on a regular feeding regime. If it has only been a few weeks without eating I would not worry too much. Just let the little guy settle in and do not try to feed every day. If he/she does not eat when offered I would wait at least a few days before trying again or you'll just stress the animal even more. First just make sure the animal has a nice quiet location with good temp's (at least low 80's) and plenty of hide spots and you should not have any trouble. Good luck and keep us posted. Frank Kincade.