Leonard continues to get gorgeous And this week I had occasion to use his services as a garbage can. Since he's passed 6 months of age I moved him to an every-10-day feeding schedule, but last night my female KSB refused her dinner (she's deeply in blue; 9/10 times she'll eat that way but last night she thumbed her nose at me, so to speak) so I fed him a tiny dinner a day early.

I know the mouse he ate last night is too small to constitute a full meal for him -- it was an 8 gram mouse, and his dinners tend to be more 18+ grams at this point. So my question is, when/ how much can I feed him again? I almost took out his dinner to defrost last night, but then I started thinking 2 days in a row could be overkill, and perhaps I should toss him a smaller mouse (10-12 grams as opposed to his usual -- I've got a selection of frozen mouse sizes thanks to my lunatic sand boas) on Saturday instead, or wait a bit longer and feed him his usual size.

Anyway, thoughts? I'm still learning with him and I don't want to tax his digestive system. Okay, and because I can't resist, here are two pictures of the little guy after his most recent shed. I think he's awesome

On this overhead shot, you can see the asymmetry of his head thanks to his micro-opthalmia:


And here he's just hanging out Please ignore the horrible piles of books on my end table in the background. I've somehow managed to find myself in the middle of about 8 books (okay, 10). It's gotten ridiculous.