Hi...so sorry that you don't have any sort of herp vet where you are. I was thinking along the same lines as you were...that you might be overfeeding & these are fat deposits (like "saddlebags" on human hips) but from what you posted about his meals (prey given & frequency) you seem to be feeding him just fine. And since you said the lumps are growing even with a cut-back on food, unfortunately it might be some sort of cancer.(I hope not.) You said they're "soft"...might they be fluid filled? Some sort of infection? Or poor circulation?
No way we can tell you much online, unfortunately. He's a beautiful snake, & only 2 years old- it seems quite unfair for him to have any kind of health issue, but life is just like that sometimes. I'm glad he doesn't seem to be uncomfortable- I hope that continues for a long time. That's a really beautiful home you've made for him too (more vertically-oriented than what is usually provided for milk snakes)- does he do much climbing? If so, how often does he fall? I once knew of a large snake kept by someone that fell from branches repeatedly & ended up dying from gangrene, according to the vet
Wish I could tell you something to put your mind at ease but just no way to know what's going on, except obviously something isn't right. I've kept a few milk snakes in the past, but never had any issues like this, not in the milk snakes nor in any of the many other kinds of snakes I've kept over many years. .
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