Over the past almost two months that I've had my little pumpkin champagne I haven't been the most successful with feeding him. He doesn't seem to like striking his food. The successful feeds I've had were on the 9th and the 28th last month. The only way I've gotten him to eat was to leave the f/t rat in over night. I wouldn't worry about him eating this way if it were more consistent. He's only 216g but he definitely doesn't look like he's starving either, not losing weight. He has a nice round body and bright eyes, clear vents and nose (no obvious health problems from what I see). He started going into shed on the 4th so I wasn't too surprised that he didn't eat on that feeding week since he went into the blue on the 7th and finally shed on the 13th. It was a perfect shed and I was ecstatic, my wife was concerned over him eating and tried feeding him on the 15th but he wasn't interested, I tried feeding him yesterday on the 18th and he was interested but turned away from it. I follow the same schedule every time. I get the rat out at 6pm, let it thaw until around 8:30 and then wait until about 9 for it to get nice and dark in the room and try to offer. He seemed more concerned with coming out of the tank than the warm food I'm trying to give him. His humidity at the moment is sitting at 61%, 85 in his basking spot since it's still pretty early in the morning, 78-80 in his warm hide and 73-75 on his cool for the floor temps via heat gun. The ambient air is reading 78. Any suggestions? I feel as though I may just not be offering it right to him. I've gotten the most interest when I hold the rat by the scruff on all fours. But I've never once gotten him to strike it. Again I'd be fine with that if the little bugger would eat every week. I guess it's like they say, your very first snake will teach you a WORLD of patience.
edit: Oh I nearly forgot to mention that the size of the rats that I'm feeding him are between 20-24g. And they are the same ones I've gotten him to eat in the past.
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