Have you tried assist feeding? Just take a small prey item a basically force it into the snakes mouth, push it as far back into his mouth as you can without using too much force. I usually hold the snakes jaws down onto the prey for a minute or 2 to let it settle down a little and then put him back in the cage. Then the snake will swallow the prey by iself. Usually works for me on the first try, if not I try again. I have had 100% success with that method. I bought one CH female this yeat that would not eat. I assist feed her once and she is now one of my best feeders. Sometimes the snake will spit it out a few times but eventually they get the idea. Assist feeding is much safer and less stressful than tubing them. It is kind of odd in your case because you said she already ate for you on her own once. Could you post a pic of her with one of the others?
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John Vandegrift

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• Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - JDalbo, Thu Jul 6 01:24:12 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - tailswithscales, Thu Jul 6 01:33:26 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - coldbloodaddict, Thu Jul 6 01:51:08 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - pfan151, Thu Jul 6 10:20:40 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - rvareptiles, Thu Jul 6 11:16:41 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - goose82, Thu Jul 6 11:23:11 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - rvareptiles, Thu Jul 6 14:19:18 2006
• I agree... - Pfan151, Thu Jul 6 14:44:09 2006
• Sound advice! I agree,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Thu Jul 6 14:55:11 2006
• RE: Sound advice! I agree,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - goose82, Thu Jul 6 21:19:41 2006
• RE: Need help. Hatchling won't eat. - JDalbo, Fri Jul 7 16:13:01 2006