If he is eating he is eating..I bought a small rat 2 weeks ago as opposed to the avg weanling I buy,this thing was huge compared to my snake he sized it up for 20 mins before making the kill,cane this rat was almost like twice the girth of my snakes fattest part of his body..either way he made the kill and swallowed it and digested it fully within 3 days,which was awesome,but u should be buying prey that is the same size as the biggest part of his body,even slightly larger is all good. Idc rather feed every 5 days then multiples lies every 3 days,just seems a hassle. My little guy is about 85 grams now and is eating rat pups..never fed him pinkies,started him on one mouse hopper at a time,then after a few feeding he grew a bit and I went right to rat pups