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So for the past month now, my female BRB Nala has refused to eat. She has never done so in the past. She is an adult at 6 ft in lenght. I have not been trying to breed her this winter. Could it be she is looking for a mate? I have lowered the temp in her enclosure a little bit this winter. No signs of Illness or a RI, and she has good weight. Any advice would be appreciated.

She may very well be not eating due to breeding season. Since you did cool her a little you may have triggered the cycle. She could even cycle with no change at all to the temps.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

The cooling may have induced a reproductive cycle. IMO a month without a meal is no problem for an adult so long as it is not losing much weight.
Jeff

>>She may very well be not eating due to breeding season. Since you did cool her a little you may have triggered the cycle. She could even cycle with no change at all to the temps.
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"
>>
>>0.1 Wife (WC)
>>0.2 kids (CBB)
>>4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
>>2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
>>0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
>>0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
>>1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
>>0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
>>0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
>>0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
>>1.0 BCI albino het stripe
>>1.0 BCI salmon hypo
>>0.1 BCI ghost
>>
>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats