Hatchling seems confused about eating?

[Alicia]

You misunderstood a bit, I didn't mean she was wandering or out in the day. She only comes out at dusk and dawn, just peeking out her head and sniffing the air. Only time she comes out at all during the day is moving hides. For those asking if I use a thermostat yes I do. I have 2 heat sources, an overhead CHE and an under tank with 5 inches of coco coir topped with orchid bark. warm side is around 83-85 and cool side is 75. Water is directly under the CHE to promote evaporation and keep stable humidity around 65%. Which I will bump up around shed time by soaking the substrate. I am however taking your advice to move her into a smaller tank. She did come from a breeder that uses the bin method. So it was definitely a shock to move her into a 36x18x18 terrarium. I am in the process of setting up a 10 gal tank with blacked out sides to make her more comfortable. She will move in to that tonight and I will try feeding again after a week. I did wind up trying a mouse also, which she still refused and oddly cuddled up with. Also she was never fed live. She was fed F/T by the breeder. I switched to fresh kill as it is the method i use for my older snakes. I am willing to try F/T though. Also im not worried about her weight. She is right on track at 81g at 2 months old. A little on the small side but going 3 weeks without eating it is expected. Please let me know if you have any other questions or advice.

First, good call on setting up a smaller cage for her while she settles in! That's needed, and that may be enough to do the trick all by itself.

Second, try nudging up your temps. I like giving my hatchlings an 87-88 degree hotspot. Usually, I find 87 to be best. Also try to bump your ambient temperature by about the same 2-3 degrees to something more like 77-78.

Apologies if I missed it, but how are you measuring your temps? Probes, IR temp gun, both?

In a 10gal, especially insulated, it's pretty easy to maintain temperatures without a CHE. I don't know what wattage you're running, but a CHE can be very drying in a small cage - whereas you're not going to have the same issues with a UTH on its own. A fix for humidity could be a humid hide.

That's all I've got off the top of my head. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with more