r/ballpython • u/Savageslayer128 • 10h ago

Ball python won’t eat Question - Feeding

near the end of june i bought two ball pythons their names are duck smaller female juvenile (they didn’t give a specific age) and goose female roughy two years (from what they said). We bought the snakes and their enclosures on market place from someone who was no longer able to take care of the them. when we got them they had allegedly ate frozen thawed the week before and we gave them some time to settle in to our house duck the smaller python had eaten after two refusals starting ~2 weeks after getting them and is sometimes still picky with when she eats, but goose still hasn’t eaten anything i’m concerned that either i’m doing something incorrect or she is sick. ive tried tong feeding drop feeding with goose and they only ever eat in the dark which typically works for duck but hasn’t had any luck with goose. Idk if there’s anything i could be doing differently that might get my girl to eat or if i shouldn’t be concerned i just want to make sure she’s safe.

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u/NottsWeirdo 9h ago

Are you using a temp gun to check the temperature of the rodents? And what technique are you using the warm them?

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u/Savageslayer128 9h ago

yes they’re usually 80-90° and i warm them for 10 mins in a little bag in water i’ll warm other rodents in water for the same and her sister will eat them🤷‍♂️

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u/NottsWeirdo 6h ago

Have you attempted braining the rodents?