Hasn't Eaten In One Year Should I Start Worrying Yet?

I've had BPs refuse ASFs. When they don't want to eat they don't want to eat. However, you can always try it. A new food source may snap her out of her fast. Just be aware though, if she gets on ASFs she may not take other prey later on but if you have a good source for them or can breed them then its a great alternative to her not eating.

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Yes, a year is pretty extreme. The good news is, she doesn't look really thin yet, though she's starting to get triangular. Does her skin feel tight, or a bit flabby?

I find live hopper mice work the best for snakes that won't eat anything. Heather W. once told me that all the bouncing around makes the hoppers hard to resist, and so far that's really been true for all my animals. I've also--no joke-- had a snake that wasn't eating, but would stick her nose out when I was microwaving lunch. I finally got her to eat by dipping a mouse in my leftover curry tikka masala sauce. And she preferred curry mice to plain mice for a good three months after that. I AM NOT KIDDING.

Dr. Jarchow in Tucson gave my pied girl a vitamin B shot when she wasn't eating after a month of flagellate treatment. He said the vitamin B was to stimulate appetite. I have NO IDEA, but she did eat a few days after receiving the shot.

Also, is that tub in a room that sees daylight? It's moving towards summer now, and my ball pythons tend to pick up more appetite in mid and late summer. I'm not sure how much of that is warmer temps and how much is more daylight.

I have not read all the comments, I just wanted to add one of my experiences. I have a 2010 bp that is scared of f/t food (don't ask....). He ate it consistently with his breeder, but with me he became very nervous. His husbandry is the exact same as all my other bps who eat regularly and thrive, so I had no idea what was wrong with him. He ate for me in his 34 qt quarantine rack (with two hides) but stopped when I put him in my RBI rack (hides don't fit...). He refused for a few weeks before I decided to put him back into the 34 qt tub with his hides. He is a basket case and literally "ran" away from the f/t rat. He WILL NOT eat without a hide. All I do now is dangle it in front of the door, he strikes and brings it into his hide, and it's gone within 10 mins. Maybe it makes him feel more secure with it? I don't really know, but figured I'd throw that out there because mine is a paranoid bp too.

You may want to consider a smaller tub. She definitely looks big enough for a 41-qt., but a 34-qt. might make her feel more secure, which could encourage feeding.