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One of my yearlings has now gone 2 weeks refusing a meal. Initially I thought that he was "in the blue", but the shed has come and gone and he is still not eating. He used to be a glutton. Any ideas?
-mick

Two weeks is nothing at all to worry about, especially this time of year. If the snake is otherwise healthy, it can go for two MONTHS or more and snap right back. As snakes begin to mature, many of them will skip a meal, or two, or three......
I must say that most of us are feeding our snakes at least a little bit more than they actually require. I sometimes see a brief hunger strike as a return to what the snake "needs" rather than what I want to see it eat.
The nice thing about having several snakes is...I just thaw out enough food for a few at a time. If one or two don't eat, there's always someone who will. Your snake will almost surely be fine and no worse for the brief fast.

np