Clydesdale,
Very pretty snake, and great pics--thanks for sharing! I hope that you enjoy this boy as much as I enjoy my antaresia--a spotted and a pair of childreni. Lots of personality--fun to just hang out with them.
About the food--mine are ALWAYS hungry. My spotted, who is female, has never refused a meal and if I don't watch her intake, she gets pudgy quickly. In my experience, pythons have, in general, slower metabolisms than colubrids. My kings and rats who are the same size as my spotted get two same sized food items to her one. They are much more active.
I love to watch my spotted coil her food item while hanging upside down from her basking branch, and then eating it the same way. Then she rights herself and nestles down to digest!
Enjoy your new spotted baby!
regards,
althea

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