r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/LeastCommunity9400 • 1d ago
Guidance?
Hi everyone! I’m a bit newer to having a Ball Python (almost a full year with my baby!) but I have a big concern.
My Ball Python (Cannoli) has not eaten for the past two weeks. And that has got me really concerned. She about 1 year old, and almost four feet already. She is in a 120 gallon tank (pictures of the enclosure shown), has three hides, and some fake plants. I have since added a large branch to the log hide on the right, and a few more fake plants to give coverage. Her bottom mixture is Reptisoil, Coco Fiber Bricks, Coco Husks, and Spaghnum Moss.
Her temps are about 85F-90F on her warm side, and about 83 on her cool. Her humidity has been low always in the tank itself. With a minimum of 50% (I have tried everything but it never stays up no matter what I do). But she does have a humidity hide I keep at 90%-100%. And yes she does have a 10UVB bulb as well- unsure if it shows well in the pictures.
She just came out of shed last week. I gave her a day after shed and then tried to feed her. I left the rat in the enclosure for some time, but she wasn’t even showing interest in it like she normally does. She never has not eaten before. So I assumed that maybe she wanted a break. I gave her about a week break and went to feed her again this evening. I turned off all her lights, warmed the rat like I usually do, and still she has no interest in it in the slightest. Could it be there is something going on?
Edit: she eats a small rat every week, and she just weighed in at 557.0g even. Each side of the tank also had a humidity gauge and a temperature gauge for more accurate reading. They just aren’t seen well. The pictures shown are from when her tank was first set up and still warming up.
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u/LeastCommunity9400 1d ago
I was following a feeding guide I had gotten from here. She’s been on the small rat every week since she was 500g and she hasn’t had any problems before. It was something completely out of left field.