14 months since this guy ate....

[wax32]

I've posted a few times about this guy at various times during his "feeding strike". I haven't done one in a while so I thought I post another update!

This is Konjou, a male '07 I got from Tim Bailey at about 5 weeks of age. He ate an appropriately sized F/T mouse every week for a year with the occasional refusal. In August of '08 we evacuated from Hurricane Gustav. I had a LOT of snakes in a motel room for 5 days! On returning home he ate once, Sept 18th, and since then NOTHING!

Here are some photos taken today:









He seems healthy. He has lost some weight, but by no means does he look "starved". I mean he hasn't eaten in a year so some drop in weight is reasonable! He weighed 635g in December of last year (after not eating for 3 months). Today he weighs 514g.

So what do you guys think?

I have tried various numbers of hides, from 2 to 1 to none. He has a water bowl which I keep clean. His temps are good... same rack as my other 2 balls, exact same setups.

I've been told (last year around this time) that he probably just wants to breed. Well, too bad for him as my '08 pastel female is only borderline big enough and if I was going to breed her this year I'd for sure put her to my pinstripe!

I'm at a loss as to what to do next.