Snake all of a sudden has slowed down on feedings

I have a 606 gram female normal all that has all of a sudden slowed down on her feedings. She was taking small f/t rats with no issues. It has been 11 days since her last feeding and she is showing no signs of even wanting to eat at all now.

I also have a 204 gram female pinstripe that just has just picked up on eating regularly for me. She is currently in shed. It seems like every time the pinstripe is in shed my normal girl does not want to eat. What in the world is going on here? I am so baffled and have never encountered this issue before. I am by no means a newb when it comes to these snakes but I am also not claiming to be an expert. Any input is most appreciated.

My temps are 90 on the hot side and 78 on the cool side. They are both in tubs heated with THG heat tape and a decent thermostat. Temps are monitored everyday. I use newspaper for substrate and provide two hides. My girls like to hide under the paper. I do not handle regularly.

If your husbendry is fine then its just the snake being a snake.... they love to be difficult sometimes

I not sure if has anything to do with what I did, or the temperature outside getting warmer. But I raised all my temps 2 degrees and all seven ate. I just saying, that's all. But I might have been on the low end to begin with. Are you sure on your temps?

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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr

I have a 606 gram female normal all that has all of a sudden slowed down on her feedings. She was taking small f/t rats with no issues. It has been 11 days since her last feeding and she is showing no signs of even wanting to eat at all now.

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I've got a few left from one of last year's clutches that did that, though the boys started backing off about two months before the girls did. Bump your feedings out to every 10-14 days, they're just telling you they're not growing as fast so they don't need to eat as much.

I am 100% positive on my temps.


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The joy of ball pythons. lol This isn't really anything that is odd. I have had balls go on strike for almost a year. I also have a 4 yr old pied girl that is about 500 grams maybe. She eats once every couple months. Some of them are just a pain in the butt.