snakes are so lazy after eating, they curl up on a warm spot and doze.You know when a their hungry when they try to break out of their tanks! No i don't starve my snakes i feed them every week,which is getting expensive but i don't think i can handle the smell of raising rats to feed them .Plus i used to have pet rats and i might become attached to them. You can say i still have pet rats but they don't last to long
sorry bad joke for you rat lovers...

