Satisfied Snake (back-blip for yesterday)

This is Arthur, my pet Royal Python. I've had him for over nine years now, and he's about four and a half feet long, which is about as long as male Royal Pythons get. He eats mice and small rats, which can be bought frozen from the pet shop; feeding live ones is not recommended for a number of reasons, not least because they can attack the snake if cornered.

He'd been off his food for a couple of months now; while this is normal, it was still a relief that he broke his fast and ate a mouse yesterday.