OK, I feel like a real moron. I usually do my research BEFORE coming home with an animal, but this time I didn't. I went to the White Plains show with the intention of getting a king snake (which I know how to care for) but came home with a BP as well. I fell in love with them after looking at them for a bit and was told they were easy, a beginner's snake so no problem I thought.

Here's the problem.... I didn't know there was an issue around feeding. I'm used to corns and kings that eat anything anytime. I think the guy said to feed it a fuzzy. I assumed fuzzy mouse, I bought some frozen ones, but they look AWFULLY tiny. I also forgot to ask how old the snake is, but it looks pretty new to me. It's about 18 inches and now that I have it home, it also looks kind of skinny. I am worried that it looks skinny so I would like to feed it live prey, as I feel I'd have more success with that.

So what exactly DO you feed a fairly new 18" bp. And, does anyone know where to buy different sizes of live mice or rats in NYC? Petco only sells adult mice and medium to large rats.

Also, I have it in a 20L Visionarium. If you don't know what those are, they are similar to aquariums, it is glass with a screen top and front sliding doors. It also has vented corners. My question is: Is a 20L too big for it now? Should I keep it in something smaller until it grows a bit? I have a few half coconut shell hides in there (which it is using).