I've gone 6 months with our female, and then the following year 4 months followed by 1 or 2 eating sessions.
This spring I tried a live rat and she went bananas! Not what I wanted really because now she seems to only want live prey.
So far,,, and I say so far with crossed fingers, she has quickly and humanely (not that she cares) dispatched the prey and has taken no damage.
The good side of this, is she shoots out her hide to actually stalks the prey and she EATS!
The down side is live feeding is not at all convenient for me, I don't overly enjoy living things in my care dying, though there is a fascination of watching our reptiles hunt and eat.
Things really didn't return to normal after the first 6 month hunger strike and she lost a little weight, nothing too concerning, but enough to try live after dealing with it again for 4 months.
Now she's ruined on F/T'd.
I don't want to recommend going that route to you just yet, but it's an option if things aren't changing.
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