While it's not the most common thing to see, it's not all that unusual for a ball python to realize it does not have to expend the energy to strike and coil pre-killed prey. So long as she's eating, that's what is most important. Nothing wrong with them being a bit lazy about it. Given that she IS a bit lazy about it, I would NOT switch to live prey unless you have some super-compelling reason to do so. She may or may not recognize the difference after growing so used to eating without striking and the risk of injury increases some. It would probably be ok...they're very instinctual creatures, after all. But I wouldn't personally take the chance. I'd just be glad I had a happily eating snake on f/t.
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