Hey guys, I have two unrelated questions for you guys. I know, I know, I write long threads.... I'm detail oriented I can't help it

Question 1..... so I have a 2-3 month BP, have had her just over a week. It has been so hard to not handle her because she was so friendly when we picked her out. Anyways, they were feeding her live at the store, I figured I would do the same to ensure she eats and then switch her to f/t once she gets a couple meals.

so last night I tried to feed her for the first time. I bought a live rat fuzzy, eyes not even open yet. I bought it from the guy who sold me the snake and he said it was appropriate size but honestly I felt like it was a little bigger than her widest part. I left it in there starting early evening( I know not to do this with prey that can harm my snake but the fuzzy could barely just hobble around). I watched for a while and saw the fuzzy wobble into her hide. I waited about five to ten minutes and checked to see if she ate it. The rat was basically sleeping with his head on my snake...........

I used my clamps and pulled it from the hide and put it in a hide across the cage, then went about my business. A couple hours later there was noise in the cage, I looked and she was trying to pull him into her hide by his tail for the LONGEST time but couldn't quite pull it in because she is a weirdo and was trying to do it from underneath the side and not the entrance so she gave up lol.

I left them alone for another couple hours and checked back in. The rat was just chilling in the corner. At this point I thought she wasn't interested enough because stress of her new home, or that it was just too big for her, so I took it out and put it in my other pythons cage even though the fuzzy is too small for him. He weighs 150 g and did eat it when it crawled into his hide, which is good news because I have been only giving him f/t and have had an unsuccessful attempt at switching from mouse to rat at his last feeding (first time he denied food since I got him), so I'm hoping he will now take a F/t rat after that in 3-4 days...(I also just read now not to put a prey in one cage, then switch it to a different one because it can transmit disease but idk if that is true or just holds true if there is a different species in each cage?.)

Heres the the actual question , should I attempt to put a rat pinky in her cage tonight instead of a fuzzy since it is much smaller, and she showed interest in pulling around the fuzzy, or should I wait 3-4 days before I try again?

She is active at night and when all the lights go off at bedtime she works her way around the whole tank climbing through everything so I would place it in a random hide just before the lights go off. Also temps and humidity are perfect.


question 2.... when I got her, before I placed her into the enclosure to settle in, i couldn't help but handle her for a few minutes but I also introduced my other guy and her together. They didn't flinch or anything and slithered comfortably around each other.

The question is, once I start handling her on a regular basis after a few feedings, is it okay/safe/stressful/bad to take them out together and have them interact when I handle them. Should I refrain from this and always take them out individually?( I don't actually know the sex of my snakes, I just assign them genders when I name them)



thanks for taking the time!