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Thought this would be a good place to inquire and see if anyone else is having similar happenings. My 4.5 foot Leucistic S. Pine has been nuts in his cage the last month or 2, but wont touch food offerings I give him. Normally he eats his meals like a charm every week. Is he just a horny boy wanting to get some lady loving? He is an 08. I did have an 09 female in the same snake room with him in another cage not long ago before I sold her last month. Is it just her smell lingering about making my boy nuts? Anyone else out there have male pits that are off feed? Nothing in his life has changed at all as far as his environment or temps. No weight loss either. I have an 08 male Black milk and an 09 female black milk, and both of them eat like crazy and behave just as normal as always. Maybe it's just a pit thing I guess
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~Markus

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

Quite normal in my experience. Just had my big male northern start eating again after 160 days! ...amazing that he only lost like about 100 grams, from ~2400 at start of fast! Had my Honduran Milk go off for over 170 days ...lost a fair bit but still healthy when he started eating again.

A live offering might turn him around but should be fine just to wait him out. It seems ironic but in my experience, it's when they calm down a bit that they'll go back on feed.

In the case of the northern though, heck, he was 6 feet on his second birthday then shut down and hasn't grown much since. I'm gonna keep him full for while now.

...and at least yours WAS eating well. My '09 Luecy (brother of yours) has been on/off all his life, but he's growing ok and appears extremely healthy. Thing is, they really don't need as much food as we might think anyway. In fact, I suppose that when eating consistently, alot of it is just wasted anyway as they can only grow so fast.

btw, since I'm unable to properly brumate my snakes I suspect their activity cycles etc. are way out of whack, hence odd timing on fasts and mate hunting.

Here's a graph of the northern's feedings and weight...

Brad
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Wow those are some good long fastings your guys had there! But yeah like you say my feller doesn't seem any worse for wear, just super active and is spilling water and messing up his pretty house and furnishings all the time now. Crazy boy. And agreed on the lack of brumation messing up their more natural cycles, I wouldn't doubt that to be true in the least.
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~Markus

The very existence of flamethrowers means that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves..."You know, I really want to set those people over there on fire...but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

Not sure why this won't work in place so you need to go to the link to see it...

Interesting that he eats so sporadically but weight is good and he's growing steadily, albeit somewhat slowly.
serpentrack.com/?c=graphs&a=image_w&id=40
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I have an 08 Black pine that is doing the same thing. I inquired as you have a few weeks ago. But now I know its probably a mix of the time of year and him being a horndog.