hello and a few questions

[J&Rmooney]

hello all, we are new here, spend afew days just reading and looking for answers.
we picked up a normal IJ female at the denver reptile show this past weekend, she was born 7/8/09. i would estimate her length at about 15in give or take, she is hard to measure. no weight yet, should have new scale tomorrow. she ate a live mouse hopper on 7/24 according to breeder.

she appears to be very active outside her tank, loves to curl up on my head and tounge my glasses, in tank she loves coiling in her tree or up along the top where it meets the screen.

tank set up:
10gal
10gal undertank heater afixed to side of tank, directly behind her log hide.
75w heat lamp on hot side
50w red night light on cool side
hot temp low to mid 90s humidity ~40%
low temp low to mid 80s, may dip into 70s at night humidity ~40%
1 hide log hot side
1 hide hollow tree/cave cool side
substrate coconut husk
therms/hydro zoomeds combos on each side

now to my questions, since we are new to CPs how does this set up sound?
i know this is only a temp setup, plan on building an enclosure or picking up a 75gal tank.

feeding, she is not interested at all. we have offered her a hopper daily for the last 3 days. the first times were in the BPs feeding tub, in a dark room. tonight i turned the hopper loose in her tank and plan on leaving it in all night.
i have read here about them stressing and not eating for 2-3 weeks after coming home. is this normal? i have looked at fuzzy rat pups but they look way to big for her.

our BP ate immediatley after coming home and hasnt slowed down one bit, she is a hog!
this is why i have a steady supply of hoppers to offer, we raise our mice, petco/smart will not sell mice as feeders and our local rept shop is horrid. so i now have many many mice.

anyway, hopefully she is just getting aclimated to her new surrounding and will soon turn into the voracious eater i hear they can be, but any advice would be helpful.

thanks,

ronnie & jaclyn

[J&Rmooney]

this is samantha 1 week ago, phone cam doesnt do her justice, but she just wont sit still, to take any more.

[J&Rmooney]

SUCCESS!!!

she took her hoppermouse tonight in her tree/cave. looks like she is going to be a tank feeder.

no more worries!

[DavidG]

Congrats on entering the world of Morelia.

My first big red flag was that you are trying to feed her every night. I really suggest waiting a few days after offering food before trying again. Constant pestering with it will stress them. I'd give more time to settle in. I had one who would only eat live. Gave him 3 weeks without food, put him in a small tub then into a shelf drawer. Closed the drawer, an hour later the FT was gone and he had a plump mid section. Carpets are easy to get on FT and eat pretty well out of the tank. I do recommend at least a week of settling time before offering food or handling. The real down side with most carpets is that once you start on mice they like to stay on mice. When she's big enough for a rat pink I would offer it and see what she does. If she takes it stick with rats. Your set up doesn't sound bad. If she's only 4 months old a 75 gallon would be way too big. Check out some of the plastic cages available online. So much better than glass. If you give them too much room it will stress them out.
Hopefully this helps. If you have any specific questions please ask.