I've had my ball for almost 6 weeks. Eaten a pinkie "once", tried last night, a pinkie and a fuzzy. No go, even rolling them thawed in gerbil mulch, droppings and material that they've torn apart. I guess my point being, that after only handling it once every week, I played with my ball last night and tonight, each time for about 20 minutes. (Lol, I know what you're thinking). For some reason, my ball seemed really interested in my ears, eyes and neck. It's tongue was tickling me to no end. Seems extremely happy, curls up or investigates to no end. I just hope the eating habit improves to such levels. By the way, I do have the heating pad, the heatlamp, the moss, the mulch, the water, the thermometers, the rocks...all by the book. So...has anyone had their ball act this way? And I don't mean the lack of appetite. That I hope to figure out by reading posts. Going to do my best to get some pics and a weight on the forum this weekend. Boy or girl....we still have no clue. Thanx