Ball Python went from eating to not eating for over a month!!

[Cheesenugget]

Nothing has changed since he went from a 20 gallon long to the T8 and that’s been over 8 months. I feed small to medium live rats. The temperatures are 73-76 on the cool side, 97-99 on the hot and the humidity between 60% and 70%. And lastly, I use reptichip as substrate and he seems to like it. On the assist in shedding, when I see the skin start pulling off or away from his body I usually end up peeling it all off just to get it off quicker, but that shouldn’t have anything with him not eating???

I think that’s it. He lives the life of a king, but yet isn’t eating. Hopefully he will eventually.

I hear peeling of the skin that is not ready to come out completely can damage the scales, thus hurting the snake. If your humidity is on point, you should not need to assist with the shedding. If not all comes off at first shed, the second shed will take them off. It is not urgent to get them all out in 1 go unless they are not coming off after several sheds, especially the eye caps. Sometimes a warm water soak would do the trick. But it is best NOT to assist, including soaking, until 24 hours have passed and the old shed is still not coming off. Do you have things in there that your snake can use to rub against?