Quote Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Ball pythons will fill up on as much food as they can while available and then take long periods off from eating all together. For a male on a weekly feeding schedule, one "small small" rat is plenty. They don't get "hungry" the same way we as humans do.

Given his age and current weight/feeding schedule, I'd bet that you're in for a nice long fast starting near the middle of October.

Hope this helps.

-adam
Man, I hope he does'nt go into a fast because I know that will stress me out beyond beleif. I am a ball of stress anyway and that could send me to the funny farm. Regardless, I am going to keep him on 40g rats from this point on while keeping a close eye on his weight. He is a big boy and whatever I can do to assure he doesnt become overweight and unhealthy I will do. Thanks for the insight Adam, much appreciated. Atleast if he does go into a fast I will have an idea as to why.