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When he was just a young pup he ate pinkie mice 24/7. I swear it was like a kid eating candy. I would buy a like 8 or 10 pinkies and he would eat 2 every other day (1 in the morning and 1 at night). He shed (and sh*t) so ofton and always hung out in the water. I would always be at the reptile store buying mice and they would just say I think he can handle a bigger one, so we would try and stunned mouse and yup he'd eat it. Once I felt comfortable we'd do a live one. I just kept upgrading like that until the point where he was eating fuzzy rats then small rats. He still eats mice though. He'll get on these kicks were he'll just eat mice and some were he just eats rats. All I do is take him down to the shop and put something in his Temple of Doom (usually a rat)(cardboard box formerly used to hold mice) and see if he eats it, if he doesnt i'll try a mouse. When he was young I kept him in an 100 something gallon tank at my friends house so that helped influence growth. Since the age of 2 1/2 I brought him home and he's bin in a 60 gallon tank. He is no longer stretching (58'') but getting fatter and he's doing great. I still let him have his winters to hybernate and he looses weight but i help him get it right back. Hope that helps. GOOD LUCK
ps. i dont remeber if you said you own a king or not but if you have/get 1 please post I would love to see it. TY

Oops..I forgot to say I also made sure he had a pretty hot warm spot (85f-90f) all year exept during part of Nov. and Dec. That helped to keep eating all year.
Sorry about the hide picture i just like it so much. LOL . it helps to extend the hide because the trunk is hollow(so i dont have to get a huge one that takes the whole tank) and he likes climbing out of the top of the trunk,and that just looks cool.