Birthday Girl 9er.

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Great to see older and well cared for snakes on here. She looks great!

I'm curious about what age she started refusing food for periods of time and do you usually let it sit in the cage for her or pull it once she doesn't take it? I'm going through the same thing where there seems to be a lot of interest but that's about it.....

Refusal has been on and off most of her life.

We were once on live only, but I just don't like doing it. It ended up being a hassle if she refused live and I had to deal with moving the rat to another cage for another animal.

Last year she did well and took F/T with a vengeance so that's where we're at now.

She doesn't lose weight and I'm content waiting her out.

If I leave the F/T rat, I shut off all the lights and see what happens in a half hour, which is always nothing.

This snake typically eats 5 times a year which is a bit less than the boa constrictor here. He eats maybe 6-7 times in a year.

The carpets are a bit different, the Bredli is younger and doing some catch up eating so he's about every 10 days probably until fall.

The coastal is once a month, maybe less if she decides she's not into it.

As long as your Royal is not displaying any signs of illness or losing a lot of weight, I would not worry about food refusal.

Thanks for the nice words!