Well when I got him in May the pet store told me to feed him one pinkie a week . Well he would not eat that because he did not know what to do . So after comeing her and learning dif ways to get him to eat and that pinkies were not enough I moved him up to fuzzies then hoppers the small mice and now rat pups. He has been on a 5 day feed since the first of june thats when he finaly began to eat on his own .