Hello all!

I posted a while back in an introductory post but I am happy to say I am a happy herp owner, and in that collection I have two ball pythons.

One, a het pied female I purchased at the Sacramento Reptile show and another, a het pied male I purchased from a breeder online. I recently had a scare with the male as he escaped his enclosure after feeding (he is a great eater!) but I found him this evening in my book shelves, ironically behind my Good Snakekeeping book. Now that he is tucked away in his viv with a secured top which I triple checked, I draw my concerns to the female.

I have had the female for a month now and was told she was fed right before the show. I put her in a 20 gallon viv with a large waterbowl, two hides (one that she loves I made out of a wooden tissue box), and her temps are consistently good. 85-91 on the warm side and about 70-75 on the cool side. She is very active and curious, allowing me to pick her up and she explores rather than balling up like she did when I first got her.

My problem is, she does not eat. I have been trying to feed her F/T fuzzies and pinkies. I tried to feed her a week after I purchased her and she showed no interest. I gave her a two week break and tried again, this time leaving the mouse in with her and she didn't go for it. I gave her another week and this time put it in her favorite hide, hoping she would want to eat in privacy, but after two days the mouse was still there.

I am at my wits end as what to do. She seems very healthy otherwise, and it just frustrates me. My other snakes are very good eaters and I realize things are different from snake to snake. Seeing that the boy ball python I have is a very good eater, I just hope there is nothing wrong with her.