5 Month Fast Question

Rich,
I have had a female go 55 weeks without feeding. I bought her as a long term captive, but once I got her, I believe she was a gravid import that dropped eggs, and never ate. I try to feed all of my ball pythons rats, so that is what I did. If I remeber correctly, she came in at about 1200 grams. She got down as low as 900 grams. Well every week we tried feeding her. Sometimes a live rat sometimes a f/t rat, sometimes a fresh killed rat and sometimes a live mouse(i don't do mice any other way).. Well, after thinking she would die and 55 weeks of heartache, she finally ate a mouse. Now she gets 2 mice every four days, and gained 650 grams in about three months. She has since started breeding, but I haven't seen any signs of follicular development. I hope this helps, and if you have any specific questions, please PM, e-mail or call me. Hand in there. If you are persistent and have faith, she'll come around.
Sincerely,

Thanks Tim,

I'm hoping she'll come around, she used to have such a strong feeding response. Spring is coming though so I hope she'll come around.