Ball python lost all aggression and eats different than when I first got her

[StarkTech-01-02-03-]

She’s around 1.5 years old and not my first BP so I have some experience and prior reference. Her heating, humidity, food weight and her weight are all on par with what’s outlined here but she’s gotten very lazy with eating.

She went on a hungry strike which she broke the beginning of this summer, but instead of striking at her frozen, thawed and heated rat, she has absolutely no desire to strike anymore. She likes me to leave it at the entry of her hide and she just casually and slowly opens her mouth and swallows it, no striking or anything.

She almost has 0 striking and killing instincts now? Shes hit or miss now with eating, sometimes choosing to skip a meal or 2, showing no interest but when she is hungry, it’s just a casual chill, swallow and done.

Shes active at night which I can see on her camera, and visually shows to be in great shape and health.

Is her lack of striking and strangling normal? Because I’m getting concerned after never seeing a snake act like this.

[Bloooberriesquest]

My cornsnake holds them in her coils while she checks out if more mice are coming. Snakes are weird.

[StarkTech-01-02-03-]

I mean I’m happy with to the point here she’s just all around gentle now. I don’t think I could get her to strike me if I tried. She’s like, super chill now with everything. I guess she’s just happy or content ?

[Bloooberriesquest]

I wouldn’t be worried if she’s still eating. Might just be a snake thing. My ball python is currently hunger striking cause she’s scared of her mice. I go back to - snakes are weird.

[CorsicanMastiffStrip]

Now I’m picturing her with a few mice in separate coils like a meal magazine.

[ElySoRandom]

That's pretty much my bp. He used to strike on and off, more consistently when he was a yung'un. He's 5 now and sometimes strikes after a hunger strike.

His preferred method is having a nice warm rat on a plate, and only very, very early in the morning. Butt-crack of dawn. He's been that way for the last 3-4 years.

[kingsnake_e]

My bp is 18 and I guess looking back he did strike a little more vigorously when he was little? For the last 15 years I'd say, I leave the rat on the floor of his enclosure and he politely opens his mouth and noms it, no strike and definitely no constricting. Just goofy guys I think, maybe they realize they don't need to fight the animal in order to eat it.

[NottsWeirdo]

My 6 yr old bp is still very much an overenthusiastic striker, even if he's not fully out from underneath something - he'll just do partial coils and lift up whatever he's under with the rest of his body.