Okay that's what I am hoping for! Maybe she's just acclimating and going on a little strike.

Her former owner fed her about once a week as well, but would feed her 2 mice instead of 1 small rat. She hasn't had a problem with the size, but maybe I'm feeding her too frequently! I was trying to fatten her up a bit as she is a little underweight, so maybe she's just taking a break. I'll space out her feedings a little more when she's off this strike.

I am a little more concerned about her being in her cold hide, though. She's still in there as of today, but hopefully she will just go to her warm hide once she is ready! If you have any ideas as to why she's not staying in her warm hide, that would be helpful! I can't think of anything as it is clean, right temps, and she liked it before. But again, maybe she's just being a little weirdo and trying to keep me guessing

Thank you for all your help so far!!


Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
It's possible that your sweet-beep could be doing a normal response to winter & maturity by going off feed. Snakes respond not only to temperatures but also
to shorter day-lengths, but also it might be related to being in a new household. I'm also assuming you aren't handling...that plus a change of household can
also put a snake off of eating. Sounds like you've got her set up correctly...I'm curious, how often her former owner was feeding her? Weekly sounds like a
lot for a 2.5 year-old snake...so maybe THAT's actually what put her off eating...too much food. If it's not a "winter-response", maybe it's a "too much food"
reaction, lol. Either way, you'll figure it out. Sounds like you have the right size food, but I'd say you've been feeding too often for her age. Snakes are great
teachers of patience & they make "detectives" of us all. (Even if her previous owner fed her once a week, it's also possible that he was feeding smaller
prey items...not all sources label prey sizes the same way.)