Okay so I have left out some details. First I bought it at a local pet store, the manager of which knows the local breeder. It is he who told me everything. He said the snake probably was born in a second clutch back in September. I know from experience that the pet store feeds its collection once a week on Mondays, and I'm sure he didn't do anything with it over the winter, assuming it was in his care at that time. I do think he would skip a feeding during a shed or something though.

As a business, he has some incentive to keep the animals small, more animals per square foot. All of the animals in there look healthy, he's not starving the animals. The cost of a pinkie or fuzzy isn't high enough to limit offering those, but he's not going to feed it every 3-5 days either.

The snake is about 14" maybe a bit more. I do not know his weight.
Either way, I think he looks awesome.


What will get him used to being handled best, many short handlings, or few long handlings? I don't want to freak him out too much.

Thanks all of you for the info.

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