Yes, you just described typical behavior of most male colubrids this time of year. This is nothing to worry about whatsoever, and especially since you mentioned the snake is on the heavy side anyway. Things will get back to normal and it will start to feed again once he loses interest in finding a mate.



Do you ever have any shedding issues with the overhead light source drying the air out too a bit too much. Generally speaking, they tend to dry the air out far more than an under-tank heating source would. Also they are naturally more secretive than many other colubrids and don't usually like the bright light source much. I would imagine your snake is out cruising quite a bit despite this though since it is breeding season.



Anyway, not to worry, unless there is another major problem, it will get right back into the swing of things within a few more weeks and start feeding again as usual.





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