BP off food, losing weight.

[Annarose15]

I was planning next week to step down in prey size. I have tried leaving it overnight. It worked the one time she ate in-between refusals. When I tried it again ( twice ), it didn't work. I also added a hide into her tub in hopes of that possibly helping even though it stays dark at all times.

I would definitely go back to small rats. I don't feed mediums to any of mine except the 1800g+ girls, and that's usually only every third meal or so. It sounds like you're just hitting the feeding strike that females tend to when they reach ~1000g, and it doesn't help that it's winter, when older BPs tend to go off feed anyway. Feeding the larger meals probably "helped" her not be as interested in food - especially since you noted the large defecations, meaning she's passing a lot of nutrients instead of digetsing them. Long story short, I'd reduce offered size and not worry any time soon.