A small rat every 4 weeks (unless the animal will not eat) is not offering it enough food. If it refuses thats one thing but to not offer that's another.
Most will eat every 7-10 days like clock work I have some that would eat every day their my scaled chainsaws then some like My 06 Mojave are just picky and might eat 1 mouse and then 3 week later a small rat and then 2 weeks later 2 mice but not rats.
But the thing is I offer and she eats when shes hungry. I
Offer the food even if they don't eat let their not eating be their choice not yours.
i don't just feed him one a month that would be wrong he gets 2 mice a week so thanx for the info
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