My spotted python is like your boy, except that sometimes she will strike when I offer prey to her in her enclosure. But if she doesn’t after one offer I get her out and we do the silly-snek hand-feeding routine.
Is this normal? I finally got my boy to eat on Thanksgiving night after a 5 month fast. He did not take it from my tongs but I decided to leave it in the cage over night and put a dark towel over the entire cage.
I have now offered twice in the last month but both times he has not eaten. Any ideas what is going on? Just normal male and seasonal type thing?