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I own a 1 1/2- 2 year old Central American Red-tailed boa named, Callisto (Callie). She is not eating on a regular basis. She used to eat just fine when she was younger, however, now that she's gotten a little older, she will not eat regularly. The second from last time I fed her, she took a month to eat and only ate one mouse of the two I offered. The last time I fed her, she ate both mice and it had only been a week (or week and a half ish). It's now been about a month and she hasn't eaten. I can't seem to determine why she's not eating. I've tried various methods of feeding her but none seem to be working. I would really like to try and get her feeding on a regular schedule, but, since I don't know what the problem is, I can't fix it.

Help?

Ummmm im not too sure if there is anything wrong but i have a large boa that went almost 6 months with out eating once and now he eats only like once a month and will even refuse to eat prekilled even though thats wut i feed him the majority of the time.... in the wild they arent guaranted to eat on a schedual so i think they eat pretty much when they feel like it....im not an expert but this is from my experince
hope i helped a little bit
katie
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One thing I noticed the first winter I had my boa was that he stopped feeding in the winter. His temps were ok, but I live in New York state and of course daylight in winter is much shorter, and I think that's what caused him to stop eating that first winter. Now I have lights in his cage on a 12-hour timer and all my boas eat just fine during the winter months. Not sure if this is your issue, hope it helps.