My hog has missed her last two feedings and I'm starting to get worried. When she first arrived on 6/26 she was 19grams and eating fuzzy mice. Today she is 25grams and hasn't eaten since 7/23 (10 days ago). She's been eating every 5 days with no problem, but now refused the last two attempts. Instead of showing a feeding response and eating the mouse, she just seems either scared of the mouse or just completely not interested. Both times after refusal I left the mouse in the cage with her over night to no avail.

I know a ten day fast is nothing to get worried about yet. But this is the first time any of my snakes has refused a meal.

So, I'm questioning my husbandry. I had been keeping her into a small 6qt tub w/ aspen heated from an UTH. But I started noticing she wasn't as active as when I got her and mostly hung out on the coolest parts of the tub (her warm end was 92, cool end high 70s. Gradient in between. The room she was kept in was very dark and I was providing no photo period.

After the first refusal, I did some research, talked to her breeder, and came back with the idea of putting her in a 10gal tank with a white basking lamp for heat. The lamp is on a timer so she's getting 16 hours of day and 8 hours of night. During the day, her highest basking temp is about 90 and the coolest corner of the tank is 80ish. I've never seen the warm spot over 92 or below 85. At night the ambient temp is about 75.

However, she refused again yesterday and last night. Does my husbandry sound ok? Should I just keep waiting and hoping? Is it too early to try any tricks like tuna scenting or taking the water bowl away for while?