In 2013 I got a female yellow belly granite neonate from a local breeder. She was a sporadic feeder from the get-go and still is. All of my female 2013's are 1300 grams or larger now, while she may have topped 800 grams (I haven't bothered to weigh her recently). When I bought her I had hoped to breed her this year, but that's not happening.

She's always been on live rats, she just only eats every few weeks when she is eating. She only started eating more consistently when I offered food every 14 days instead of weekly, and even then I known not to bother offering her a feeder if she's in shed.

Also, if the rat is too big she won't eat it. She gets the small rats that are closer to 50 grams than 80 grams.