I actually did research ball pythons before I got him. You make it sound like I just impulse bought him and threw him in a tank. I soak him weekly because he used to be wrinkly like he was going to shed but he never would and the wrinkles weren’t length-wise. Forums said that he might be dehydrated and that soaking him would fix that. His humidity is currently 60 and never drops below 50. His ambient temperature is in the high 70s and his basking temperature is 90. He is in a 20 gallon tank. For daytime I use a 100 watt for heat and at night I use a blue light. I am using a thermometer rather than a thermostat. If getting a thermostat will help then I’ll make the switch. I used to handle him more but recently no because I know it’s not good to mess with them at all until 2 days after they eat. Now as for the pinkies, this is where I failed: when I got him I asked the petsmart employees what size they had been feeding him and they said pinkies. After a few weeks read more and realized fuzzies would be better because it is the same size as the thickest part of his body but I could never get him to eat them not because he wasn’t interested but because he likes to eat everything side first and I have rarely been able to get him to eat them head to tail. He’s very sweet and timid and if I were to try to help him I’m certain he would drop it. He would always try to eat them but would give up because he doesn’t realize it would fit if he would turn it. So instead I kept feeding him pinkies but more frequently because that’s what was suggested. Btw the minimum days is 3 days in between feeding so it’s not too frequent especially since it was such a small meal. I think your taking what I’m saying in a way I don’t mean. I have tried everything with my snake and he has never gone more than a week without eating and it’s not because I just decided not to feed him or something, it’s because he would miss when he strikes and even then I would still try and sometimes it would work. If he didn’t eat a meal I would try again 2 days later and most of the time he would eat it. So the comment “your poor snake has only eaten a handful in a year”, is not true. I try everyday to make sure I’m doing everything I need to. I’ve taken him to vets and they always say that there is nothing wrong. I’ve tried to get him to eat bigger mice but he just likes eating everything sideways and I’ve never been able to get him to eat it differently. I’ve never just sat back and let him starve.