When I got Abbath he was and still is a healthy snake but with so-so eating. He'd refuse eating and would take sometimes a day or so to eat 1 rat pup. I know, a rat pup seems like a small meal but he has always seem skiddish around prey and any food is better then none. Well, after fine tuning his husbandry I got him to eat 2 large rat pups last week. Both were consumed within an hour of being put in his tub. This week he ate 3 large rat pups! All were consumed with 25 minutes of being put into his tub. Damn I'm happy!