JCP not eating

Should I stop handling him during this cooling period?
He often likes to get out of the cage; I just open up the cage and he starts exploring my room.

i don't see any reason to not handle him...
as far as size goes, let me put it this way;
i have a 5000g female that is 9.5 feet long and as big around as a baseball.

you should post up some pics of your jungle too, we like pictures...

He's probably as big as a baseball around...

Here are some! :gj:

Size reference... that hook is 30"

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1571.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2017.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2012.jpg

And just some more pics :cool:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2059.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2049.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2039.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1575.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1581.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1582.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1590.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_1681.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...4/DSC_2024.jpg

real nice jungle man... looks real healthy size-wise too.

Thanks man.
These pics are a little dated, but there's no visual size difference.
Does he look like he could weigh 4400g?
If he weighs this much it obviously means he can go a looong time w/o food w/o ill effect.
Andrew Hare told me 6 months should be fine. It's only been three months, so I can't wait for spring to arrive so hopefully he'll eat!

I started cooling him down.

Day time:

Basking spot - 83-85
Warm side - 77-80
Cool side - 73-75

Night time:

Basking spot - 80-82
Warm side - 75-77
Cool side - 70-73

Does that sound alright? :confused:

That sounds alright.

I'll warm him up again when temperatures in my house consistently stay in the lower 70s (tstat in house is at 75).

Then after two-three weeks I'll offer him a rat.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed... :please:

Hey guys I was just wondering, should I offer him frozen or live when I start feeding him in spring?

Maybe live would result in a better feeding response, but if he wouldn't want to eat it could also cause a hazardous situation...

input?

i feed f/t all the time... once you have a snake that eats f/t you usually don't want to feed live unless absolutely necessary.

that's my opinion.