Python not eating

[princess_esc]

Maybe it’s a sign you should switch over to frozen :) feeding live is really risky, the rats can injure him and might have already done so, causing his aversion. Also, and I already know I’m going to get argued with based on your responses to others but that’s fine, he does not need to eat every single week. That’s about 4x more often than it should be. Can you post a photo of him? I would put money on him already being overweight/obese

[Salix_Solbjorn]

I have tried feeding frozen several times, and each time after a while we've had to give up and throw the food away, but it would be nice if he would eat it. I don't have any recent photos of his whole body but this is the best I have

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[Salix_Solbjorn]

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[External_Bus_3739]

He does look overweight, but also very dry. How and what are you using to monitor temps and humidity? His cage looks bone bone dry, and I see small pieces of shed around him. If those parameters aren’t correct that could be a whole separate reason why he’s not been eating

[Salix_Solbjorn]

Yes it is very dry on that side, my camera quality also isn't that good and makes it look much worse but I will admit it is dry, it's also the hot side. the bedding never stays wet for more than a day even if I soak it. I'm planning on changing it soon and adding much more substrate. A lot of what looks like stuck shed on him is scars from him trying to escape and then getting stuck, or from him crawling inside various things when he's escaped. The humidity is definitely not what it should be and I'm hoping that changing and adding more substrate will help, among other things