I have a 5 year old ball python that recently was moved to a bigger enclosure since her old one was getting too small. She has adapted to the larger space pretty well as far as I can tell and enjoys waking me up at night by rearranging her tank at 12am. The major hiccup I've run into is that I have not been able to get her to eat. Before my family's remodel/her new enclosure, she ate a small frozen/thawed rat regularly every sunday night, occasionally with a small snack on wednesdays if she was particularly active. Now, we try offering her a small rat every week around the same time and she comes out and acts like she'll grab it, but when she reaches the rat...she loses interest and ignores it or ends up using it as a pillow instead of eating it if it is left in her cage to give her privacy.

I'm getting worried because it has been almost 5 1/2 weeks since we have been able to get her to eat. She doesn't look boney at all (She's still a round noodle) and is still active at night and sleeps during the day. I want to avoid feeding her live because the last time she was fed live, the pup rat we were attempting to give her bit a chunk off the tip of her tail before we could intervene. She still ended up eating it, but it left her with a nasty scar.

I honestly am at a loss of what to do. I'm going to go buy some large mice tonight to see if she's just being picky/decided she doesn't like rats anymore, but if that does not work by wednesday the 25th, then my next course of action is to consult my veterinarian.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious? I'm hoping that is the case. I know that ball pythons are famous for being picky eaters.