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8 year old not eating or being very active lately

JJ1234567

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Hello guys I'm new here to the site. We have an adult corn snake. It's never been sexed before so I'm not sure to be honest. We've always called it a "her" because it's my daughters snakes and she prefers that. Anyways Sunny is almost 5ft long and for 8 years she has never turned down food. Eat a fat mouse once a week no problem. The last couple months she's been turning down food but still staying very active. The last week or so she's been in the same spot and has turned down large and small mice. I'm pretty worried about her. She hasn't eaten for about a month now. She doesn't look sick or pale.. just staying in the same spot and refusing food. A couple times she's grabbed the thawed mouse like she was gonna eat it then just droppped it. Shes in a 30gal aquarium. Like I said. Never in 8 years have we had an issue with her. Always sweet and never has turned away food. Any help or suggestions would be awesome as my daughter has had her her whole life and is pretty worried about her. Thank you ahead of time.
 
Good evening. First thing to check is temps. Are they in the right range of low 80's? The previous lack of eating combined with activity sounds like breeding behavior to me, or at least interest in breeding. Weird that it didn't happen before. Try again in two weeks.
 
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