My ball python is about two or three years old, and she has usually eaten regularly. However, about five months ago (at the start of the temperature dropping for winter), she stopped eating. And she hasn't begun again.
At first I thought it was just because it was winter and she didn't want to eat because it was cold, so I wasn't too worried.

Just recently it began to warm up (since I live in Florida), and she started coming out from under her rock at night, which she usually does when she is hungry. So I got her a small rat, her usual food, and tried to give it to her, but she still wouldn't eat it.

Now, I know from experience that she won't eat rats that she thinks are sick; usually if they show visible signs of illness she'll snub the rat. But this most recent one seemed perfectly healthy.

I don't know what to do -- I'm worried about her. Any ideas why she isn't eating?

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• Ball Python Hasn't Eaten in Five Months - cricketcat, Sat Mar 4 17:16:35 2006
• RE: Ball Python Hasn't Eaten in Five Mon - toshamc, Sat Mar 4 18:05:27 2006
• RE: Ball Python Hasn't Eaten in Five Months - jfmoore, Sun Mar 5 02:16:24 2006
• RE: Ball Python Hasn't Eaten in Five Mon - cricketcat, Sun Mar 5 11:08:11 2006