i know most candoia don't eat that but once every 2 or 3 week but my first male he is pounding down food once a week its amazing when i first got him it was about 3 weeks before he ate and the only way he ate was i pulled him out his tank and dropped in a hopper and when i put him back in you could tell right off the bat that he knew somthing wasn't right and he went on the hunt now i do it once a week pull him out drop in a hopper and hold him for a while them put him back a bam hopper gone