I see this all the time on here... "I don't want to feed the animal live prey..." May I ask why? In your situation, outside of the fact that the prey you are offering is undersized, I would imagine the animal was fed live prior to you owning it... That being said i'm not surprised you have had issues.. What I have the biggest problem with in that statement is that you continue to let a younger snake go hungry and noticeably lose weight because YOU don't want to feed it live.. That's not fair at all to the animal.. What's even slightly more insulting is that we attempted to help you and you have apparently not taken any of our advice because it isn't what you wanted to hear.. I feel bad for the animal in all honesty..