A friend's snake; off feed. Advice?

Many of you will remember LaVey, a male BP that I owned. About 6 months ago, my best friend and her husband adopted him from us. Well, he ate f/t like a champ.. up until a month ago. See, I think that he wants to breed. Last year at this time, he was breeding one of my females. he always ate like a champ here.. Now, how do you get a nonbreeding male, who wants to breed, to feed again!? I am at a loss as to what to tell my friend, and her husband is losing sleep about it. I reassured them that a few months off feed even, is not the end of the world. LaVey looks nice and fat still.. no baggy skin, and he sheds like a gem. Any advice?
He is housed well, in a 55g-sized breeder tank. Cypress substrate, identical hides, correct temps. The downside is, though, their house temperatures go down slightly in the winter. Now this is Not into a dangerous range. But I think that it is contributing to his nonfeeding.. he thinks that he's being cooled for breeding, maybe?! What can I tell them to do, short of buying a blowup snake? :O

Hi,

Are they intrested in breeding him at all? Do they have any other reptiles (ie would he be a quarantine risk to any of your animals) and do you have any females "going spare" as it were? :cool:


dr del

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Why does he need to eat? Is the snake unhealthy?

He is as healthy as can be.
I thought more about it. I know that my friends' husband is a man of routine. He was feeding a med. rat once a week like clockwork. Methinks that the snake is saying to itself (instinctively of course) "I am full."
I don't have any girls that aren't spoken for.