He does seem girthy, which is surprising considering the conditions he was in. Are we sure he is a "he" and not a "she"? I wish my baby was that big, but we are working on it. He went stupid and wouldn't eat as much as he was supposed to for months. He simply refused. He is almost three and 1/2 feet long and he wouldn't eat more than 2 mice a week for over 6 months. The vet wanted him on medium rats, but he wouldn't eat them. Suddenly he took 5 mice in a week, then a small rat the next week, nothing the following (in shed), a mouse and a f/t small rat the next week, then a prekilled small rat this past weekend. I am still trying to get him to move up to medium rats, but we will try small rats for a few more weeks. He needs to build back muscle tone. Some one said something about sprinkling protien powder on the rats to help build him back up, has anyone heard of this?