Female off feeding

Hey its my first time attempting breeding and my 3 year old girl who is normally a regular eater hasn't eaten in the past 4 weeks.

I was wondering if this happens sometimes when attempting to breed?

could it possibly be because I'm cooling the tub at night?

Or any other thoughts that some of you might have?

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Originally Posted by kplunk

Hey its my first time attempting breeding and my 3 year old girl who is normally a regular eater hasn't eaten in the past 4 weeks.

I was wondering if this happens sometimes when attempting to breed?

could it possibly be because I'm cooling the tub at night?

Or any other thoughts that some of you might have?

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Well just changing her temps will change her feeding habits for sure.How is her weight? What is the males age and weight? Please tell me you researched breeding info before attempting it :) .Let me know if you have any other questions once you reply to my above questions :cool:

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Originally Posted by kplunk

Hey its my first time attempting breeding and my 3 year old girl who is normally a regular eater hasn't eaten in the past 4 weeks.

I was wondering if this happens sometimes when attempting to breed?

could it possibly be because I'm cooling the tub at night?

Or any other thoughts that some of you might have?

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Here's a cool visual nutshell of breeding ball pythons.

Now, you can't really say that the girls refuse food because they are building follicles - females develop follicles year-round - so I don't know what exactly causes them to lose interest in food, but its not an uncommon observation by many keepers for their breeding females to lose interest in food.