11 Month Fast -- Mostly Out of Options

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Originally Posted by purple python

Have you tried changing the substrate (this worked for me for one snake)?

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This has been the silver bullet for me lately for three of mine. I switched substrate from aspen to cypress and all of them fed the day after. I don't know if it was the clean bedding, the increased humidity (because the forest floor cypress was pretty damp out of the bag), or if they just didn't like the aspen for whatever reason but it's worked and they've all three not missed a meal since the switch.

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Originally Posted by Thomas Steele

This has been the silver bullet for me lately for three of mine. I switched substrate from aspen to cypress and all of them fed the day after. I don't know if it was the clean bedding, the increased humidity (because the forest floor cypress was pretty damp out of the bag), or if they just didn't like the aspen for whatever reason but it's worked and they've all three not missed a meal since the switch.

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Thats exactly what I did - changed from aspen to cypress. Haven't had a feeding issue since.

I'd suggest getting a live rat pup. Put it in with your snake a half hour after the lights turn off and don't bother it till the morning. A rat pup can't do any damage to your snake.

I had a much smaller male go 11 months without feeding. Then one day, he just took a F/T rat and never turned back. Ball pythons do these things. If it were me, I would put a male in with her or even a mature male's fresh shed. My females always turn into feeding machines when being bred.