My ball python Gemma is a weirdo. When I first got her, she ate pinkies twice a week with no problem. We recently went through our first shed, & of course, since I'm a brand new snake mommy, I freaked out because she stopped eating & started acting abnormal for her (normally a very active snake, she became very antisocial). Now, she had almost a complete shed, with exceptions to her face. She still has a little left to peel off. But recently, when I feed her, she won't eat...normally, I guess is the right word. Every book I've read & every piece of research I've looked into (I've wanted a snake my whole life; I did the planning out way before I actually got her) says you're supposed to animate the pinkie to make the snake think it's alive. Well, I've made pinkies do the Hokey Pokey, the Thriller, the 1, 2, Step, & only God knows what other dance, but she wasn't having it. She dodged it with every move. But when I give up on feeding her & just drop the damn thing in her box, she eats it up like she's never eaten a day in her life. Anyone else have this weird kind of thing going on with their snake?