Anyone knows how long a yellow tail cribo can go without food its now day 10 she did this once before also about 10 days not eating but that was when she needed to shed.
She is 6 months old
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they can go months. No need to worry. Just offer food once a week and she should hopefully begin eating again. Keep handling to a minimum but I would weigh her every 2 weeks just to make sure she isn’t losing weight
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Tankyou for your answer can they do just as long without food as ballpythons like 3 months? Just curious
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She is fantabulous! It’s great to see pics of reptiles like these posted here other than the norm! She will eat for you again! Just be patient! 
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Welcome to the forum! So in order to get an idea of what may be going on, I’m going to ask the following:
What are your enclosure temperatures and how are they monitored? What size and type of feeder are you using? How frequently are you feeding her? What is her current weight?
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Depending on the size, yes they can go 3 months without food.
That heat mat set up can be very dangerous. What is the humidity? Aspen tends to be dry and Cribos require high humidity.
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Humidity is 50 procent and heatmat 29 Celsius coolside around 22
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And i have a nighttime drop to 26.5 Celsius
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Cribo are a much higher metabolism snake than balls and boas so I would disagree that they can go three months without food. Yes, a full-grown adult can go a fair bit of time, but that long would have detrimental effects
That said, a week is not going to be an issue except for the very youngest of animals. It could just be that the animal was not in the mood or is approaching a shed. I would suggest just trying again in a week. Also, maybe consider a different feeder. Sometimes cribo can get persnickety. Chicks and frog-legs would my my first suggestions as alternatives. Just put them in a bowl and leave it in overnight
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Am I seeing the photo correctly?
If so…I am very nervous about the heat pad being inside the enclosure like that… Especially if the snake pees on it or if a probe is attached to it, somehow dislodges it
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Im using mice around 15 grams or some more 2 times a week normally day temp is 29.5 Celsius and at night drops to 26.5 cool and not warmer then 22 Celsius . She weighs 500grams humidity around 50 procent. Normally i set defrostet food on room temp in her cage and she wouldt eat it in 10 minutes
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Should i try some warmer mice then roomtemp of 22 Celsius
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Honestly, I don’t know enough about Drymarchon to give much guidance. I’m going to direct you to this care sheet, and perhaps you can reach out to them as well with your concerns.
I’ll also point out as Logan & Christina already have, that if you’ve got the heat mat inside the enclosure, that is incredibly unsafe and needs to be removed. Also, if that plywood is not sealed, it needs to be.
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Wood is glued and kit around the edges i can buy a heatpanel later today
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If you are truly feeding twice a week, imho, you are feeding too often. I believe once a week is is sufficient….
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The breeder said he feeded her on sunday and wensday evening. But indeed i readed somewhere some people do every 5 days
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Yeah, I was for sure wrong. I don’t know what I was thinking 
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If they are smaller items, twice a week is not too frequent. Again, very high metabolism snakes
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I’m not sure if cribos are spicy in general, or if she wasn’t in the mood for a picture, but if she is constantly flared like that she might be feeling stressed or overexposed, which could impact feeding?
But I do know lots of snakes are known for being huffy and great eaters (hi, bullsnakes!), so this probably isn’t the main thing here, absolutely focus on what others have said
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