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I looked through past post and couldn't find what I was looking for. Might have over looked it though. Anyways....

For valentines day my girlfriend suprised me with a hatchling female sumatran red blood python. I was very suprised, great gift. But I have never kept bloods before. Only burms and retics, etc... My problem is that my blood won't eat. She HAS ate in the past for me. She ate right after I recieved her (about 3 days after). And then once again a week later. But now she refuses all food.

She lives in a (roughly) 2'x1' rubbermaid, with undertank heat, paper towel (die free) for substrate, a small rubbermaid on each side of the tank with shagnum moss in each, and a water bowl she can submerge her self in. Temps (ambiant) stays around 80f, hot side 90, cool side 75ish. Her humidity is about 70%, give or take a few. Does all of this sound right? And if not, please let me know.

Also, the first time I fed her she wouldn't accept F/T. So I fed her a live full grown mouse. She took it with no problem, same thing next week.

Thank you,
Rickey

Sounds like your set up is fine.The only thing I would change is the ambient temps/cool side should be 80'.I would try raising the humidity a bit also by adding a larger water bowl or adding an extra one on the hot side so it could evaporate.You should have some condensation in your enclosure.However if you do that, make sure to smolder some extra holes in your rubbermaid for ventilation.Remember HOT and HUMID is the key to blood pythons.

Hey Rick,
It sounds like the cage stats are pretty close to what they should be. I would bump the ambient air and cool side up, just a couple more degrees 2-3 plus; that might help, otherwise, it might just be going into shed.

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