My male Dumeril's boa was hatched in November of 2006. I've tried every feeding trick in the book to get him to eat. Having had BPs for well over 13 yrs, I've dealt with stubborn snakes before. Eventually after a month or two they eat. I was really beginning to worry about this one. I've been force feeding him and its very stressful for him, not to mention me. Well today, I put in a live rat pinky and he goes for it. Talk about a relief. Now hopefully he will start puting on some size. I've got two month old BPs that are twice his size.