So I've been trying to get my 1.5 year old snake to eat for a long time now(she's eaten once since August). She's starting to look a little thin, but not terribly so. Temps are good (low 90s hot, mid 80s cool) air temp stays around 70 which is probably a little low, but the best I can do in the winter.

Anyway, I bought a live mouse 2 days ago trying to get her to eat, but she's only shown a curiousity interest, not a hunger interest. She'll go up to it sticking her toungue out at it, follow it around casually, but no preparing to strike. The mouse seems pretty chill as well and isn't freaked out by her, and it's probably too small to do much damage anyway. So I left them alone together today when I went to work. I came back and saw her under her rock hide so I figured the mouse was under the other one. I was really excited to see the mouse wasn't there since I thought she might have finally eaten.

But then I picked up the rock to check on the snake... the mouse was cuddling with the snake just hanging out. I poked it to see if it was alive and it moved a bit, but made no effort to leave. So now the two of them are just hanging out together.

Is it possible for snakes to just lose their feeding instinct? I don't want to resort to assist feeding(and probably wouldn't do that for a few moths at the earliest once winter is over) but I just find this really weird.