I'm seriously considering selling my spider ball python, Charlotte. She is 1375 grams; so close to breeding size, yet such a picky eater.

She's been this way her entire life (almost three years). At first she would only eat live mice. I finally got her to accept live ASFs, but she will only eat hoppers. Anything larger seems to intimidate her.

I don't have a huge operation where I constantly have hoppers available, and I don't want to start breeding mice again.

I've been thinking of selling her and buying a bumblebee female that eats on rats or ASFs.

If I got her to breed, would she be less of a picky eater? My other two balls, Spot and Fabio, are great eaters. It's so frustrating.

Husbandry is fine, so please don't post telling me to check temperatures/humidity/etc. I have tried literally every combination of hides/no hides/substrates/cage size/etc with no difference in her eating habits at all. It's just the way she is.

I guess my question is - would it be a waste to sell her now right before she's ready to breed? I wanted to pair her up with my really nice pastel butter male (my avatar), but dealing with her feeding habits is starting to wear me down.