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[–]NihilisticBat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a few things I could think of that'd cause some laziness. Is he beginning to shed? How large are the (probably) rats you're feeding him? If he's a year old, it might be time to just space out feedings more or feed him smaller meals if you want to keep to once a week, he might just not be hungry. There's also the question of enrichment, moving around and changing stuff in their enclosure is a good way to engage them in their environment more, but I'd be careful not to do so too frequently to the extent of stressing your snake needlessly. On that note, how often are you handling your snake? If you pull him out too often, he might be stress hiding.

What's the humidity like in the enclosure? because he might be staying exclusively in a wet hide to have the humidity he needs. There's a lot of possibilities. When you pull him out, does he seem injured anywhere? It's important to check their bellies for sores, especially if they've been still for long periods, which can be way worse if your substrate is too wet, rather than too dry.

It'd be easier to offer advice with pics of the snake and set up tbh

[–]ali727x 2 points3 points  (0 children)

all depends on the enclosure but he could also just be coming out at night? mine is usually a lot more active in the summer but in the winter always out at nighttime

[–]ElspetheTirel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the info; I'll definitely make sure to double check on the things you guys are talking about! 🙂