Not eating, do I have a problem?

[Badgemash]

I've been pairing Bubbles (female, Axanthic) with Yellow Dude (male, Killerbee het Axanthic) since November when he went off his food, Bubbles also decided to stop eating around the end of November. I have seen them lock twice, and have had reasonable cause to suspect other locks that I've missed. Yellow Dude is back on the food, takes a rat a week like a little champ, Bubbles is still not eating. She's still sitting at 1800g, the same as she has been since Nov. I offer her food once a week (same as all my snakes), she's very interested in the prey, gets in a striking position, but never actually does it. If I leave it in overnight (she's a fresh kill feeder) she'll move it around but not eat it. I tried offering live once, this got less of a reaction than fresh killed, she just ignored it. Mice get the same response as rats, interested but no strike. I'm not quite to the freak out stage yet since her weight is solid (although I'm getting curious what exactly she's metabolizing to stay alive), but I'm wondering if I should be? Husbandly looks good to me, AP rack, with hides, fresh water always, room at 80-82, hot spot is 90-92 (measured with temp gun and spot checks with accurite), humidity at 45% (I move the bowl to get to 65% if there's a shed coming) everyone else is eating. Am I missing something? It's my first breeding season so I'm not sure if it's normal for a female to not eat like this? When I see other threads about females pounding rats I get concerned.

[Annarose15]

As long as she isn't losing weight, there is nothing to worry about. I've had breeding females off food since November, and one of them just ovulated. They are all on their own timelines, so you can't necessarily compare your girl to others, just watch her body condition and weight.

[Badgemash]

Thank you, that's a relief to hear. She's definitely not losing weight, and she seems otherwise content.

[BHReptiles]

I've got two females interested in breeding and neither of them are eating. Neither are losing weight either, so I'm not concerned yet.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

When you breed animal's behavior vary greatly I have males that eat year round even during breeding season and some that will stop eating half way through breeding season and resume in the spring.

As far as female I have some that will stop eating soon as I start pairing them others will eat until the day they ovulate.

Different animals different behavior, the most important is that you stay on the top of things, make sure your animals are well hydrated and monitor them, and of course if an animal start losing too much weight (which can happen during breeding season) know when to pull the animal out of rotation if necessary.