Are you only using the sticky round thermometers? He sounds like a normal male in breeding season. The only thing that concerns me is you have no basis for knowing how much weight he's losing. You eye is a poor judge. And any animal that isn't eating regularly should be weighed and weights recorded regularly. That way you know he is losing weight and then the vet also has a good back ground on the animal. Have you tried live? Some balls switch back and forth on their preference for live or ft. It sounds like to me anyways you've been having problems from the start. Don't take this personally but something sounds off in your husbandry or temps. He should have had a regular feeding schedule developed in summer time. And if it was a normal breeding fast (October - around march, April, may) he would have slowly whittled down. What are your temps? Hot, cold, ambient? Also I keep my males on a regular feeding schedule. I prefer to feed smaller more frequent meals b. it stops the fasts. 90% of my males eat year round never skipping a meal. I only feed med to my large females. They could easily eat a jumbo. But just because they can eat it doesn't mean they should. Have you ever tried weekly weaned rats with him? A smaller more frequent meal might be more effective. Just some thoughts.


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