Girls not eating

I've had my 2 normal girls for about 5 weeks, they ate the week I took them home(previous owner fed them), but since then they haven't shown any interest in eating.

One locked with a spider on February 19 and the other locked with the same male February 25. I left them alone in quarantine for 2 weeks, then tried to feed them, and neither was interested, been trying every week since then but no interest. I've got two 2010 males in the same rack that are pounding back adult mice(one of them actually took 2 last week!), so I doubt it's the husbandry. One has stuck eye caps so the humidity in her tub and the other female are in the 70% range. Are they in breeding mode? Never bred before so not totally sure on the process they go through. I've thought about trying ASFs to get them to eat but I can't find them anywhere!

On March 2
Female #1 was 1823 grams
Female #2 was 2004 grams

On April 27
Female #1 was 1799 grams
Female #2 was 1916 grams


What's going on?!

Fasting in adult females is nothing to worry about, and the weight loss isn't significant. They might be in breeding mode, but I wouldn't recommend breeding them this season, as they are probably still stressed from the move, and if there is an underlying health issue, going through the breeding and egg-laying process would be just about the worst thing you could do.

For now, I would just wait. Leave them alone and keep offering food every few weeks. If they continue to lose much more weight, you might consider taking in fecal samples (if you can get them) for testing.

I have no experience with bp breeding, but I do know they tend to stop eating around the breeding season. Although I've heard that ovulating females usually start going crazy for food and then stop eating, so I'm not sure in your case. Since they both locked that could be what's causing it, and the stuck eyecaps probably aren't helping on the one that has them. All you can do is just keep trying (also, if you've been offering f/t, offer live instead and vice versa), but it seems to me it's probably just because they're in breeding mode. But again, I'm no expert haha

No quarantine? I hope they didn't pass some sickness on to the males you immediately put with them..

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Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents

No quarantine? I hope they didn't pass some sickness on to the males you immediately put with them..

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Please read the post, they were in quarantine for 2 weeks.

I tried offering a live rat to both of them, neither one was interested. I may have found some ASFs so I'll see if those really do snap BP's out of fasts :D