Hi, new here and unfortunately am posting to ask about a problem I have with my 16 month old female BP. I am not an experienced snake owner, this was my first snake which I got when she was 3 months old.

-She lives in a glass (I know may not be the best) ecoterra terrarium, 36"x18"x24" tall I believe.
-humidity....I struggle to keep this consistent and it tends to be low around 20% but I lightly mist twice a day to get it to 40%
-cool side is kept around 80 degrees but I admit I do see it drop to 76ish sometimes
-warm side is always at 90-91 degrees with an under tank heater controlled by a thermostat
-no heat lamps
-water is changed every two days
-two hides, one on each side of tank


In July, right around the time she turned a year old, she stopped eating regularly. Up until this time she ate regularly and was growing quite fast. I admit I do not feed based on weight, I feed mice or rats the size of the thickest part of her body once a week. She was eating mice for the first 11 months of her life until I could not find mice big enough anymore so I switched her to rats. She accepted rats right away and ate them for about a month or month and a half until one day she refused her first meal ever. No big deal...

After refusing to eat for 3 weeks I was worried but she was still active at night and was not loosing weight. People said she was young for this and it was the wrong time of year (summer) but could be wanting to breed. For so many reasons this didn't make sense to me.

After a month of not eating I thought I would try a mouse, pretty small mouse at that and she ate it. Next week I tried a mouse again and wouldn't eat. It's been hit or miss like this for a few months now. She eats the odd mouse here and there but she is loosing a little weight now. Nothing serious but I can notice. She is still active most of the night like she has always been.

Here is my big concern now...I have been so busy with work lately and I may not have noticed a big detail until today! I feel terrible about it. I do not think she has "gone the bathroom" for a while...possibly a 3-4 weeks. I know she has "peed" because she lives on paper towel and I have had to clean it weekly (i see her drink from time to time at night). She would have eaten at least one small mouse in this time so I am worried she may be constipated...is this common?

I also believe she has missed a shed. It feels like it has been way too long...again I feel like a horrible keeper for not remembering but work has consumed me lately.

The only other thing I have noticed is that she rarely if ever goes into her warm hide. Back when she was eating she used to seldom use that hide anyways but now I don't think she does at all.

Not sure what else to add, please ask me anything and I will be as honest as I can. I care a lot about this girl and hate to see her not eating. I am by no means panicking, she is still healthy looking just a little slim (can't see her spine or ribs) and seems to be acting as she always has in the past (she was always quite active for a BP).

Thanks in advance!