One of the mistakes that i have made in the past with many of my snakes is overfeeding. I used to feed all of my snakes weekly...until i gave up a pair of my cornsnakes and was told how grossly overweight they were.

Unfortunately, i was unaware that i was doing any harm to them. My ghost stripe male died shortly after of a large mass in his lower intestine that caused a major prolapse.

Since then, i have realized that snakes don't need to eat every week. In fact, giving them a bit of a 'break' now and again is good for their systems. My adults and sub adults are now getting fed smaller meals once every other week; and maintaining healthy weights.

In the wild, snakes do not get fed on a regular basis. While people are more geared to keep everything on a schedule, we have to realize that snakes aren't like us. That was a fatal mistake on my part.

I wholeheatedly agree with everyone saying that your boy is in breeing mode. I have a 10 year old male ball python that does this every year...And now that i am new to the KSB scene, i am learning that males are a pain to feed.

I just recently had to breed mice to get my anery to eat. Pain in the butt, but he is finally (after 2 months) putting on weight.

As long as your guy maintains a healthy body weight, i am sure he could go a month or more before you should worry.
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1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.0.1 Yellow phase ATB- Devilin Hisseyes
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, Fae, Azra
1.1.5 crested geckos- Jubeh and Inari, Avalon, Vajra, Pheonix, and 2 hatchlings
1.1.1 gargoyle geckos- Acacia,Osiris, and Enoki
0.0.1 flying gecko- Malarchy
1.0 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
0.1 albino kenyan sand boa- Akasha
1.0 xanthic kenyan sand boa- Ashoka
1.1 whites tree frogs- Sifaka and Eikon
0.1 Transpecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1.2 Senegal chameleons- Ambaji, The Chosen One, and Vertigo
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.2 pacific parrolets- Mishka and Kya
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
1.0 crown tail betta- Lazarus
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