I've had my bp for just under a year now (my first). He hatched back in March of 2016, and he eats well (1 f/t weaned rat every 7 days) and is an all around lovely guy.

My worry is that even with consistent feeding and a (compared to him) regular sized prey item, he's only weighing in at about 130 grams. He's been this size for a while now.

When I got him initially he refused to eat for a couple of weeks, didn't eat until some time in June from what I remember. He was in an enclosure too large so I fixed up his husbandry and now he eats like a champ, although this was after dipping down to 70 grams. I also previously fed him mice, but heard the nutritional value of rats is better so I switched over to them without an issue. I feel like maybe the weanlings are a bit small, but would adult mice even be better? I feel like they'd be too big when I see them instore.

Anyway, he's been moved back to the initial tank and seems quite comfortable and is very friendly. He always pokes his head out of his favourite hide (rock outcrops) to say hi, or possibly to look for food every time I open his tank to spray lol.

My enclosure includes a heat mat (regulated by this rheostat: https://www.amazon.com/Zilla-Reptile.../dp/B002CZ0J3E, works fine, although he never goes into the hide the heat mat rests below anyway? Under the tank of course) a heat bulb held about 4-6 inches above the tank with a red bulb, constantly on as the tank gets too cold without it, a digital hygrometer/thermometer inside the tank (temp from 87-90 degrees on the warm end, humidity anywhere from 20 (only when i get home from a long shift at work) and 80 degrees. Naturally it decreases slowly throughout the day, but I find it most commonly resting around 50. If anyone has any budget-friendly ideas for keeping humidity more consistent while I'm at work, please let me know.

The substrate is cypress mulch and he's got a nice sized water bowl (I've never caught him soaking though, which is good I think?). 3 hides total, one on each side and his favourite in the middle. This, I suppose, means no belly heat unless he sneaks to the UTH hide when I'm not looking. But I don't know if that would affect his growth more than it would his survival, haha.

This is him: http://m.imgur.com/YuVdXtM

Comments, suggestions? I want to be able to breed him one day with another fire to get into the hobby, but naturally I'd like to make sure everything is a-ok first.

Thanks!