Do ball pythons always stop feeding if they are ill?

[Marzipan]

Pretty much the question in the title.
I know one of the symptoms of an ill ball python is that it stops eating. But do they always stop eating when they are sick, or do some continue to eat?

[AKA Dave]

My experience says no. I picked up a BP last year that came with mites and an RI. Never missed a meal all through treatment.

Dave

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Sometimes they do sometimes they don't, some can eat throughout the disease and or injury and throughout the treatment and for some it will just be too much stress.

[ThrillCosby]

No, in fact its not uncommon for a ball python to go off feed it happens a lot just make sure the husbandry is good and he/she is not losing a lot of weight.