Snakes going off feeding

My Ball Python has gone off feeding before, a few months being the longest period. What generally causes snakes to go off feeding and how can you get them to eat again if they don’t seem to want to?

It’s pretty normal for this species to go off feed for a while. That’s one reason a lot of seasoned owners say that BPs aren’t the best first snakes to own (corns being a better choice.) A BP will stop eating if he becomes stressed, his husbandry isn’t right (too hot, too cold, too much space, not enough space,) if he is dehydrated (can tell by saggy skin,) has had poor sheds or if it is simply that time of the year. When it gets colder out, they tend to stop eating and will brumate.