Beans is being stubborn, or just picky.

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we're still doing live so that we can transit to F/T. he seems to want to get out and explore more than eat, but then once we get him to realize we have food he's looking to eat. he's already eaten 3 times and I handle him or 30-45 minutes a day as that's what the breeder told us would be appropriate for him. but he keeps begging for more but I won't spoil him. he has a certain time of day where he tries to push the top of the enclosure off and he acts desperate to get out, then end up reaching so high that he falls over. o course I've been keeping an eye on the temps when he does this which they are the appropriate temps he just really likes to explore. my dad usually wants to watch me feed him but he wasn't eating when he was in the room, so he had to go do something and I continued to try and feed him and he ate almost right away so I think that's because he's used to my presence more than my dads. (he does really like my dad though) we're going to ask the breeder for the OK to start feeding every 2 weeks.

I'm really glad that he's doing better, but I'm not sure you're following us when we say "eaten three times consecutively." You told us he ate on the 19th, then didn't eat last week, and then he ate this week, unless I'm not following your timeline which is possible so correct me if I'm wrong that's not three consecutive feedings.

Regardless, and I really don't want you to feel like we're being abrasive with you, but personally I think you may be handling too much this early in the process, especially considering the issues you've had up to this point. Based on the photo you showed us Beans is underweight, and if I were you I wouldn't be touching him at all until I had him eating steady and bulking up. Beans is, technically, a special needs snake right now, and you don't want to cause any undue stress that might get him off food again.