He was eating live hopper mice one every 2 weeks, way to little for his size, but like I said he was a rescue. He now has heat humidity substrate and water as well as a stable environment. I tried him on a live adult mouse and I tried him on a FT rat pup. He struck at both and coiled them both but would only snuggle up with them afterwards. I have tried him once a week same feeding day as the rest of my collection and leave him with the food overnight in case he is just a shy eater.