Alright, I have been blessed with a finicky eater and he is about 2yrs old. Well here is the situation, I know that BP's are famous for going off feed for extended periods of time, but how long does it take them to "bounce back" from their fast. I bought my snake in Feb(when he was 1.5yrs old), it ate three times in June [2 mice, 1 med rat], and hasn't eaten since. Now unless I have misunderstood something, they are supposed to eat vigorously and then go on a fast again. Is this wrong?

-Can a BP be healthy eating 2-3 months out of the year?

From some of the feedback that I have received from BP owners, their definition of finicky is that they eat 2 out 3 meals. The worst cases seem to be these annual 6 month fasts during the winter. It isn't winter. He also seems to have a softer, almost flat like appearance. You see this mostly when he stretches out and on his branch. I don't remember my previous BP ever having this problem.

As for husbandry:
Hot side temp - ~88-92 deg F
Cool side temp - ~82-85 deg F
Ambient temp - ~83-85 deg F
Humidity - 50%-60% [70%-80% during shed; complete shed the last 2 times]
Fresh water daily and weekly spot cleaning and complete disinfecting of cage monthly. Yay for overhauls.

Two Identical Log type hides, fake foliage for cover and clutter, recently placed a grapevine decorative wood which I find him climbing on occaisionally.
He has a bowl big enough to soak himself in. Cypress Mulch.

He's got no external parasites, and as far as I recall from the breeder, he is captive bred.

I have followed caresheets like they were a creed by which to live by but see very little results.

If he will be alright eating 12 meals a year, fine, I will stop throwing away my money on different color/size mice and rats and just schedule to feed him in Oct/Feb/Jun or maybe I'll get a boa or burmese and anytime he doesn't eat a rat. Bam, straight into the other tank[the rat that is, not the snake].

He also ignores f/t. He only took an interest in live mice and rats. No matter how much I dangled, warmed, used different lengths of tongs, left overnight, he never once tried to eat a f/t mouse or rat. I've tried and tried and tried and I honestly believe that some snakes will never ever take dead. Lets try not to beat this issue more than it needs to. I see this from other owners where "if you were responsible, you would feed dead." I can only offer the food, I can't make him eat it.

Okay, that's it.

I'm tired now. My boxer puppy on the other hand eats double his weight in food and poops triple the amount. . .which makes no sense.