please help my 13 yr old son has a 5 month old male python & he will not strike we have 3 in total & the girls strike fine we are having to false feed him every week & my son is starting to get very upset now we have tried braining & heating up the nose but still he wont strike please help (we do defrost in warm water & then leave to go cold like we were told to do )
from what i can gather ball pythons are a lazy eater any way and if they are force fed then maybe he just lazy, try leaving for a few weeks then defrost as usual when defrosted dip in hot water and make him work for his dinner,feeding just outside of his Strike zone for a few strikes then letting him have his dinner
0.1.0 Royal python. Sammy 0.1.0 Bearded dragon.Charlie
If you are assisting him physoically with a feed each week there is a possibbility that is what is putting him off his food, force and assist feeding is very stressful for a snake and a royal is fine going weeks without feeding you should only interfere if he is beginning to lose weight otherwise he should start feeding himself soon enough.
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5 month old python will not strike
Posted - 06/09/2011 : 19:38:40
