A few questions first. Are you feeding live, f/t, or prekilled or stunned? Are you feeding rats (if not get some because most prefer rats)? What did the previous owner get this animal to eat? Is she wild caught? How did the previous owner feed her? Has she ever eaten for you? How long have you had her and how long since she has eaten? You can see if the snake is constipated because they will look bloated neat the vent. Does she look bloated there? You said she doesn't like her hide box, what kind do you have? She might want a different hide, and this is very important. If she can't feel comfortable in her hide she will be a stressed snake, and that could be your problem too. Get 2 new hide boxes, small enough so that she can touch the sides when she's in there. If that still doesn't work make opaque humidity bins, make two of those and put them one on each side, alongside the hides. Some snakes prefer the humidity bin to anything else.

Do you have a hot spot above the temps you mentioned? It is way more likly the cage is too cold than too hot too, because being too cold slows the metabolism of boas and is a more common mistake. Your temps sound ok on the surface but you failed to tell us exactly what those temps mean. You said the temps range from 80-92, is that on the warm side? You should tell us the following 5 temps. The high and low on the warm side, the high and low on the cool side and the temp of the basking spot. If you do that we can help you better. Here's some more suggestions:

*make a basking spot
*try different colored rats, black and white, all black, or albino
*if you're feeding F/T you can try dryer or wetter rodents, warmer or less warm rodents, this really works
*try feeding in a paper bag, this is the old school way but many still do it, and maybe that is what she's used to
*try feeding a few minutes after the lights go off, just dump the f/t (or prekilled) rodent, and leave the room
*dangle the prey, this helps a boa to 'see' the prey, and this really works for reluctant f/t eaters
*if all else fails try a different prey animal. Try a chicken from a farm (not the grocery store), or try an appropriate sized rabbit. Sometimes, especially is w/c, they might like different prey altogether.
*take a fecal sample to the vet to rule out parasites

That's all I can think of besides what the others have said. I look forward to your answers, and If all else fails, take her to the vet.

Good luck,
Caden

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