please help

OK so I really need help with my baby,she is roughly around 3 feet long.I have been feeding her small rats,she has ate frozen thawed and also live,pretty much whatever I throw in her tank without any problems,until about a month ago.she got ahold of mites a month ago,and has not ate ever since.I treated her with prevent a mite and also reptile relief every Friday for three weeks straight and got rid of them.so she hasn't ate for 5 weeks now and I am getting really worried.she doesn't seem to be sick or any wrinkling going on.All the temps are correct and has plenty of hides so she feels secure.Im wondering if mabey she is just in her off feeding period.please somebody tell me im just being peronoid.

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Originally Posted by Mikecampbell2796

OK so I really need help with my baby,she is roughly around 3 feet long.I have been feeding her small rats,she has ate frozen thawed and also live,pretty much whatever I throw in her tank without any problems,until about a month ago.she got ahold of mites a month ago,and has not ate ever since.I treated her with prevent a mite and also reptile relief every Friday for three weeks straight and got rid of them.so she hasn't ate for 5 weeks now and I am getting really worried.she doesn't seem to be sick or any wrinkling going on.All the temps are correct and has plenty of hides so she feels secure.Im wondering if mabey she is just in her off feeding period.please somebody tell me im just being peronoid.

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Don't worry :) She can go without food for months and be 100% FINE! She isn't like you or I, her body is designed to not require regular feedings. Just keep offering her a f/t small rat weekly, as you did before. No need to change anything - When she is hungry again, she'll eat.

That's kinda What I was thinking, but forgot to put in first post that she will strike at it a couple times just won't take it.should I try going down to a reg. mouse next time and see if she'll take that?

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Originally Posted by Mikecampbell2796

That's kinda What I was thinking, but forgot to put in first post that she will strike at it a couple times just won't take it.should I try going down to a reg. mouse next time and see if she'll take that?

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Nope, don't change anything. If shes striking, but not eating, it just means she isn't hungry. Sounds like she is simply defending herself. If she doesn't take it, then just try again a week later.

I would keep checking weekly for mites by spraying a white paper towel with the Reptile Spray and wiping her with it, and let her crawl across it to check her belly. It's less stressful for them to get wiped instead of sprayed, you don't waste any of the product on missed spritzes, and you can see any new mites easily on the paper towel.

Not eating could be a sign of still being stressed from dealing with the mites and being treated, or she simply could have hit the "1000 gram wall" and you'll just have to wait her out.

Since she eats f/t I would continue to offer one each week in the evening when she normally becomes active, just lay it in her enclosure and leave her alone with it for a few hours.

Just keep an eye on her weight.
Give her a couple weeks of not screwing with her more than you have to.