Adopting a 2 year old BP tonight

Looks like a good one! And the eye coloring thing you describe is very common, typically going with the scale coloration of the bands by the eyes.

Really? That makes me feel better. Thanks Marla. He evidently bit his prior owner about 6 months ago. I found out it was after she had been handling the frozen thawed mouse. She took him out of his enclosure and was moving him to the box to feed him and he bit her. He obviousely smelled tasty mouse on her hand. Other than that he has been great according to his former owner. I handled him a little last night before feeding him and he seemed ok. I will let him get used to his new home, although the only thing that has changed inside his cage is paper towl substrate. I guess he sees new things outside the glass and probably smells new smells too. I hope he accepts frozen thawed rats the next feeding day as mice are too small for him.
Should I expect him to grow more once he begins eating larger food items?

Yes and no, they grow the most during their first 2 years of life, then it kinda slows down after that. Once you start feeding rats you can go 7-10 days before the next feeding. Lots of talk about overfeeding on here lately....

I would say that you might see him get a little bigger girth wise and probably a little longer, but not much longer. Like Brad said he has goen through his 2 year "growth spurt" but he will get a little longer and bigger. Congrats on your new BP hope that it all works out for y'all.

He has been used to eating his f-t mouse every 7 days. I was going to feed him the larger f-t rat next Monday and stick to the 7 day feeding schedule. If he doesn't get much larger that is fine with me. That means his cage will house him his entire life. It came with him and it is decent size.

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On a side note:

Marla your Avatar realy freaks me out. :shock:

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Hee hee :lol: It's gettin' about time for me to change it again ...

Looks like you've found yourself a great little snake! I hope he switches to rats easily for you. I realize we couldn't see the entire cage, but it looks like there's a lack of hiding places. Try one on both the warm and cool sides of the tank and see what he thinks. :)

You are correct. I took some pics of the tank without the warm side hide in place. Currently I have a hide on each side and Aspen shavings for substrate now.

Nice looking bp.
Congrats!
Looks like he was just a little under fed but otherwise from the pics looks good
Good Luck

Thanks. I hope feeding him larger more appropriate food will help him fill out.