Feeding/breeding question

[Lazarus09]

Ok, so I have a 1900 gram female ball that has been a great feeder since I got her. I fed her on October 3rd before I went on vacation, and since I got back she hasn't shown any interest in eating. I switched her to f/t shortly before I left, and she didn't have any hesitation to eat. It's been a little over a month now, and she still isn't showing much interest in eating. I am wondering if she just doesn't want the f/t or if maybe it's something else. I have her in a rack with a young male who is about breeding age, and I am wondering if maybe she is going off feed because she wants to breed. Does anyone have ideas or input? Thanks

[Josh Emmons]

possibly, my balls are ALL of feed now. i lowered the temp in the room btw. it might be the season, but ball pythons are notorious about going off feed. hope this helps!

[Moofins07]

If you've paired her up, it's quite possible that's she just in breeding mode. If you want to try proving that theory, maybe pick up a live feeder and try offering it. It may just turn out that she prefers those.

EDIT: If she wasn't eating these already, trying offering her a live ASF. They can almost never resist those.

Good luck!

[Danounet]

I have live ASFs and my 09 Pastel 500g Male off-feed is resisting them VERY good lol. So good, that he hasnt struck one ASF yet

[Big Gunns]

This is a good sign that she wants to breed.

[Lazarus09]

Thanks for the input. I still have to keep her quarantined from the male I want to breed her with for a little longer, but she has been in a rack with my albino male that I am not planning to breed this year. I am going to try a live rat later this week and see if that does the trick. I wasn't planning on pairing until Dec 1st.

[Danounet]

Well if this helps, I come to find out that my pastel off-feed is not completely off feed. He has taken ONE 25g Mouse (is that an adult mice??) every 2 weeks. But still refuses anything more after that. This has happen 2 times now. I just hope he doesnt become a mouser after this ordeal...

I think he is so young and still growing that he gets realy hungry from being off-feed that he will take a small meal now and then. Im just happy he is eating something, even if it is small and not very often.