what just happened?

ha ha!
I think sometimes we get overexcited and try to fix everything for them and they have to tell us to QUIT MESSING WITH IT! I do this sometimes and I can garauntee those days they will be fussier or crankier! I'm sure he'll be fine, but maybe he prefers to be fed exactly on schedule! I'd say if his head isn't out there when you bring back the water, tap gently on the side of the cage or something so he can at least feel something going on. My guys know somethings up when i tap on their hide or cage.

yeh i found it really strange because, the more time passed, the more and more active he got after i took out his water dish,, like the first few times nothing, then half his head would pop out, then after that his neck and head would be out, the the last 2 feedings by the time i got back after taking the water dish out (seconds), his whole head and like 5 inches of his body was out and streched out UPWARDS, half way up the tank looking up! So it really suprised me with what happened this time around. I remember like 2-3 feedings ago he was so eagered to eat, he was just watching for me to drop the mouse in, (i dont like touching those things) so i was kind of fighting with the mouse to drop from the box it came in, and he caught on to a piece of the end of the box and i was like shaking it to get him to let go and drop into the tank, and i can just see my BP head like moving side to side like "hurry up dammit and fall, im hungry!" and when finally the mouse let go, i got to say it was the most viscious strike he has giving, it was like "finally!" and strike! i think i head him break the sound barrier he struck so fast.

hopefully it was just that he was sleeping and maybe i have to be on time, and not miss a day, so well see how it goes next time, in the mean time i have lowered the temps...

Yeah, it's not a big deal. He was either asleep or he's going into shed and he just had to think about it for a while.

How big is he? Listen, he won't always eat regularly. It's normal for their eating habits to change with the seasons and with hormones and as they get older. And sooner or later he's going to hit the juvenile fast, and he's just not going to eat for a couple months. It's going to scare you but it's really perfectly normal. So try not to panic when his eating habits start to change and he begins refusing for real.

hes now at 316 grams

yeh i know its inevitable, but he has been feeding so well, wishful thinking had me that he will always eat this way. But i know thats not going to happen.

well somethings just came to light now, today i decided to handle him a bit, and to my suprise when i lifted his hide, i found a full shed. I guess he was shedding that day when he sorta hesitated before eating, yet he still did during full shed which is good!

Also, my concern. I found, along with the full shed in his cold side hide, also some poo, but it was kind of runny, not too runny, but it was like 80 percent solid and 20 percent runny, green and white in color. Is that something i need to worry about? Since i have gotten him the poo has always been bone dry, this is the first time its somewhat runnny. Should i be worried?

Oh and when i handled him he was very tamed and nice. Also his new skin looks very nice since the shed...

He just probably had some urine with th poo. Gald he doing ok for you

well i fed him yesterday, and it was bussiness as usual, with a little kick. I took out the water dish as usuall, and thank god by the time i got back, he was sticking his head out the hide. So i thru the mouse in there and this time he meant bussiness. As soon as the mouse dropped in the tank, he quickly came out the hide and positioned himself to get a head shot and BLAM, and i mean visciously! After he choked the mouse out, i swear this is true, maybe its not what im making it to be but this is how it happened, after the mouse was chocked out, he turned and looked dead at me then went back and started to swallow the mouse, almost as if saying "this is what u wanted! you got it!" to top it off, he struck at the mouse so hard, he drew blood. Its almost as if he was saying "yeh last time i was asleep and hesistated to eat, but this time im not playing!"

Tommorrow he gets introduced into his new enclosure, it is now complete and i got the herpstat to the temps i needed it to be on after fiddling with it for 2 days. 92.3 average on the hot side surface, below the bedding of course.