Wild. I've never heard of the car thing. I guess all I can say is Patience. I have a girl that is about 800g, and she (if she were growing like her "sib" should be closer to 1500g. If I recall correctly, she's a 05. She was the fussiest eater for the longest time.

If I opened her tub in the rack at all the day of feeding, she wouldn't eat. If she missed the strike, she wouldn't eat. If she was just about to start a shed, but hadn't dulled yet she wouldn't eat.

It helped a lot once I got her into a closed in rack with more hides. She's a great eater now..but she can still be fussy about the "do not disturb me on feeding day" thing. She's one of the few ball snakes I have that always prefers one hide on one side of the tub (I swapped her hides for a few weeks and she stayed in the same spot). When I feed her now, I lay the rat just on the edge of the hole of the hide (it's a freedom breeder hide with the hole in the top). So I don't really see her go for it anymore, she's usually completely hidden (she's on F/T).

Anyway, I wish you luck and I hope it starts eating for you like a champ down the road.

Btw, did you try different hide styles?