My boyfriend and I got a 1-2 yr old gopher snake earlier this year, I believe in the month of April. Her previous owner had been feeding live and we switched her to F/T with no problem at all. She ate a lot.. 2-3 large mice a week. My boyfriend left for around a month in June - July. The week he left, she stopped eating. He got back early July, and we went and got her a live mouse and after that she was eating readily again, but only for a couple weeks. There have been several environmental changes(we have moved but she is in the same enclosure and I also have pet rats now), but she started acting picky right before we moved. Some weeks she will only take a small mouse, some weeks she will take 4, and there are periods of 2-3 weeks where she just won't eat. Leaving her alone with the mouse doesn't work at all, as she only strikes if it is moving. We've tried dipping in egg yolk, and "braining" and those things just seem to make her less interested. Anyone got any advice? Also, she used to only become active when she was hungry, but otherwise would stay put.. Nowadays she is constantly moving around, except for 2 days after she eats a large meal(which is rare). So I'm assuming she's hungry.. She just won't eat.

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