Quote Originally Posted by Badgemash View Post
To help ease your mind on the food, don't worry too much about the schedule. It's nice when it works, but real life often gets in the way. If he's not hungry, he's not going to eat, which is why it's almost impossible to "power feed" a ball the way some people do with boas. I'm happy he was willing to take a rat for you, some of them are very difficult if not impossible to switch once they've been on mice for extended time periods. To be honest with you, he probably is quite hungry. 2 or 3 mice (or one small rat) is a rather small meal for a 3 year old. How much does he weigh, and could you give us some details on his set up? What are the temperatures in his enclosure? If it's too cool, he may be having trouble digesting his food, which would of course make him rather uncomfortable.

He has always been in a 30 GAL long tank, for as long as I've had him. There is one hide on the hot side (rock cave), and one hide on the cool side (log). I have been meaning to actually buy a thermometer. My friend who sold him to me, who has a good amount of snake experience, insisted that it wasn't necessary with a ball as long as I was attentive of his movement around the cage. He told me that if he regularly changed from hot side to cool side, that his temps were normal. Recently, he's actually spent more time on the COOL side, so maybe heat is an issue? I should also probably add that he has been defecating a little more often than usual, BUT it is normal-looking.
I think it's definitely time to get a thermometer though; I think I may run to the pet store and get one today. It is about 75F in my room, so I'd assume his cool side is about 75-78, while the hot is about 85ish. All I know is he's always been fine until recently.

I am not sure how much he weighs, the most I can do for you is give you a picture. It was taken about two months ago, he's the same size.





Also, here is a picture of the new rats I got for him.