My Ball sheds all the time but doesnt eat

[derfpimp66]

My Ball doesnt eat and sheds twice a month.Whats going on?What should I do?[/b]

[Wizill]

well tell us a little more about your snake. how old, is it male or female, was it eating prior to this fast or did you just buy it not eating.

[derfpimp66]

My ball is about a year old and I thinkk its a female. It hasnt eaten in over 3 months. But I sheds about twice a month. It use to eat 2 to 3 times a month but now it just sheds.

[Wizill]

well there is nothing you can do but keep offering food. it's probably just on a winter-fast, as i know a lot of bp's currently are. the shedding two to three times a month, are you sure about that? i wouldn't think that would even give the snake enough time to get used to being in its new skin before it began shed again. keep records on your bp's shed patterns and post them up here.

[ldyhawyk]

My BP's have been doing the same thing. One of them finally ate a mouse, that is all I could get him to eat, he wouldn't eat the rats I offered. The female is on her second shed this month. She still won't eat anything. I'm hoping she will eat something after this next shed. she is almost at 4 months without eating anything. I'm really starting to get worried about her.

[Marla]

Are you sure these snakes don't have scale rot or some other skin condition like that? When snakes have a skin problem, sometimes they speed up their shed cycle to try to get rid of it.