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well the header sounds as desperate as I feel at the moment...A week ago we were shipped a Blood Python that is absolutely beautiful and actually pretty docile. We offerred her a pup the day we got her and she took it readily. My question is this....since last Friday ( the day we got & fed her last ) should I be concerned she's not interested in feeding again? We got her 2 pups ...one on Wednesday, she turned it down (fresh kill not live) then yesterday ( Fri) we got her another with the same results...so today ...figuring we shouldn't have done a fresh kill....we offerred a pup (eyes not opened ) and all she did was strike it 3-4 times. Am I being too paranoid?

Two problems you are most likly facing . First never feed a brand new animal to your collection I ALWAYS wait 1-2 weeks there is a aclimation period in which the animal is very nervous and stressed. Now you dodged a bullet and most likly will be fine but I have heard of animals regurgitating after being fed to soon. 2nd most babies only need to be fed every 7-10 days but again with yours being new you may have a little longer between feeds now. PLEASE describe your set up her other facters could be involved IE to bigg of enclosur/not enough good hides, to hot, to cold, to much traffic , to much handling
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Kevin
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"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."-unknown

yeah Kevin's right...I think it was a mistake to have fed the snake on the first day

Give the snake a week or two to acclimate...I'm sure you'd be stressed too if you'd been put in a box and shipped to a strange place...make sure the snake is warm enough (82 should be good) and has a tight, secure hide spot and keep the enclosure in a calm place

good luck
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.Owen.:.

"We don't even care as restless as we are. We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts. We poured cement, lamented and assured to the lights and towns below, faster than the speed of sound, faster than we thought we'd go beneath the sound of hope." ~The Smashing Pumpkins

"That Owen kid...man...he really loves that snake of his." ~Owen