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Ok, so she has not eaten since Jan. 27th and I had to put her in a paper bag just for that feed.

Now she shows some interest, then turns her nose up like she's a ball python. WTF?

She used to be such a good eater, until January, when she went psycho and quit. I don't get it. My male eats like a friggin pig.

When should I start worrying?

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Cat,
. I remember that you asked questions here before but I do not remember all the details. How old and how big is the snake and how much weight has she lost and what do you keep her in and what substrate is she on and what does she have to hide in and what is the temperature and humidity in her cage and what are you trying to feed her and on and on and on. Perhaps most importantly, what changed in January that caused her to change her habits? People who do well keeping snakes, and especially the exotic snakes are people who are very detail oriented. Look at ALL the little details to see what could be causing the snake to not eat. When a young BRB (and I think I remember that yours is young) quits eating it is because of one of a very short list of possible problems. Either there is something wrong with the snake or it's environment or with the food or how the food is being offered.
Jeff

>>Ok, so she has not eaten since Jan. 27th and I had to put her in a paper bag just for that feed.
>>
>>Now she shows some interest, then turns her nose up like she's a ball python. WTF?
>>
>>She used to be such a good eater, until January, when she went psycho and quit. I don't get it. My male eats like a friggin pig.
>>
>>When should I start worrying?
>>
>>-cat
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>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>http://chaoscat.lowerground.net/herps/
>>My collection and herp photography
>>
>>www.lowergroundreptiles.net
>>

>>Cat,
>>. I remember that you asked questions here before but I do not remember all the details. How old and how big is the snake and how much weight has she lost and what do you keep her in and what substrate is she on and what does she have to hide in and what is the temperature and humidity in her cage and what are you trying to feed her and on and on and on. Perhaps most importantly, what changed in January that caused her to change her habits? People who do well keeping snakes, and especially the exotic snakes are people who are very detail oriented. Look at ALL the little details to see what could be causing the snake to not eat. When a young BRB (and I think I remember that yours is young) quits eating it is because of one of a very short list of possible problems. Either there is something wrong with the snake or it's environment or with the food or how the food is being offered.
>>Jeff
>>

For some odd reason, she is very shy when fed now, when before, she was totally outgoing and would grab the food right off the tongs.

I tried the trick of just placing the food in her hide, turning the lights off, and leaving the room-and it worked. I'm not sure why she has suddenly developed this phobia of eating when the lights are on-as she was always fed with the lights on previously (so I could see what I was doing).

She was moved to a better enclosure in January-and maybe she's still getting used to it? Her humidity/temps are the same as in her older enclosure, just this one is slightly smaller by 2 inches.

-cat
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://chaoscat.lowerground.net/herps/
My collection and herp photography

www.lowergroundreptiles.net

Cat,
. You describe the new cage as better but it seems to me that your BRB does not think it is better. I bet it had better hiding places and less exposure to light in the old cage. It used to eat aggressively under the lights, it now would only eat for you in a dark paperbag, it got moved to a new cage at the same time it became a difficult feeder. BRBs are nocturnal snakes, they need caging with plenty of tight dark hiding places. If BRBs, especially little ones, do not feel secure they will go off feed.
Jeff

>>>>Cat,
>>>>. I remember that you asked questions here before but I do not remember all the details. How old and how big is the snake and how much weight has she lost and what do you keep her in and what substrate is she on and what does she have to hide in and what is the temperature and humidity in her cage and what are you trying to feed her and on and on and on. Perhaps most importantly, what changed in January that caused her to change her habits? People who do well keeping snakes, and especially the exotic snakes are people who are very detail oriented. Look at ALL the little details to see what could be causing the snake to not eat. When a young BRB (and I think I remember that yours is young) quits eating it is because of one of a very short list of possible problems. Either there is something wrong with the snake or it's environment or with the food or how the food is being offered.
>>>>Jeff
>>>>
>>
>>For some odd reason, she is very shy when fed now, when before, she was totally outgoing and would grab the food right off the tongs.
>>
>>I tried the trick of just placing the food in her hide, turning the lights off, and leaving the room-and it worked. I'm not sure why she has suddenly developed this phobia of eating when the lights are on-as she was always fed with the lights on previously (so I could see what I was doing).
>>
>>She was moved to a better enclosure in January-and maybe she's still getting used to it? Her humidity/temps are the same as in her older enclosure, just this one is slightly smaller by 2 inches.
>>
>>-cat
>>-----
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>http://chaoscat.lowerground.net/herps/
>>My collection and herp photography
>>
>>www.lowergroundreptiles.net
>>