if you can keep her ambient temps 80-82(up to 85 should be ok) without a hotspot she may eat better. They don't really need those. And one of my females without fail after she eats soaks herself for about a day. keep an eye on mites and yes they burrow and can be very shy. I do F/T and my little red female wouldn't eat in front of me so I left it and it would be gone. Now she strikes her food. And loves to ambush, scares me sometimes will burrow and I can't see her, bring the rat on tongs and she almost leaps up. They do love to burrow and hide remember they are partially water snakes and are ground snakes.