I am at my wits end! Feeding advice needed.

i just had a male eat yesterday for the first time since LAST x-mas.

dont sweat two months. they can someitmes jsut be difficult

My female is 2 years old and 1400g, and this winter she has only been accepting food once every two to three weeks. At first I was worried. But then I started tracking her weight; turns out she is not losing weight, but actually she has gained a little weight!

To quell your fears I would go out and buy a gram scale. Keep track of her weight every week or two and see if she is losing a lot of weight. I saw one at Wal-Mart in the appliances for $30; or if you want to get a nice one, I would recommend the My Weigh 7001DX from Reptile Basics.

Another thing you can do is pre-scent to get her excited about the meal. Let the rat thaw or just let it sit on top of her enclosure for a half-hour to an hour before offering the rat. This might pique her interest.

Placing a BP in a small space like a paper bag or small tub with a prekilled prey item and leaving it overnight(inside it's normal enclosure)almost always works.

I have 14 all together, i offer them all food the same time every week(5-7days babies, 7-10days sub adults/adults) if they eat they eat, as of right now all my 08's and 07's are eating might miss a feed or two but they are right back at it the next time, my big female(2000grams) hasnt eaten since the end of November but she just ovulated my other big female hasnt eaten since mid december but she is also breeding, and my two proven males have eaten maybe once or twice since december,

"remember, if you have selected a healthy ball python, it will be able to fast for several months without any ill effects. Reports of ball pythons fasting for up to a year before they begin feeding are fairly common. There are even two records of ball pythons that fasted for 22 months before feeding, so don't panic."

its not an issue if they arn't eating its only an issue if they arn't eating and they are losing weight, if your snakes are losing weight then i would worry about it

**the paragraph with the quotations was from The Ball Python Manual**