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He hasnt eaten since March and he is starting to worry now.
We've tried thawed mice, rats and live of both.Not in the least bit interested.
Is this normal for this time of year?
He is around 3-4 yrs old and rather fat so Im not worried if he loses a little weight.But since he is on Aspen bedding I always worry maybe its an impaction or something.
Weve only had him for 6 months.

55 gallon tank, hide on both ends, aspen bedding..Temps are 76 cool end, 85 warm end but directly under the basking light its 92 on the piece of slate that he can hide under or bask on top.

Im thinking of moving him to a bin for awhile, Ive always had good luck with bins, seems the privacy is helpful for non eaters.

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.

~Doug
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Can't say if it's normal for a Honduran, I've only had one for a short while myself, but it's nothing to worry about right now. my adult Black Milk for the past two years has gone off her regular feeding pattern around this time... didn't eat for almost 4 months last year.

I'd dump the heat lamp. 92 degrees is far too hot for a Honduran, any milk snake actually... even the 85 is pushing the upper limits. Mine prefers her hide that's in the high 70's. Kept a hide with temps in the mid 80's for a short while but she never used it so now I just keep things in the low and high 70's from one end to the other.

Gerry

He hasnt shed in awhile but isnt blue.I have one of those red lights over his tank.I do have some undertank heat I was just worried about it being in my sons room..
I will see about getting some under tank heat in there.I think I will switch him over to ecoearth as well.He may like that better.