I have recently gotten my first ball python, Noodle who's a red stripe ball python. Besides being my first snake, he is also my first reptile, first herp I bought, and my first captive bred herp. I have multiple frogs also along with a snail and a cat. I've been having trouble feeding him; he gets scared easily and its difficult to get him to let me look at him and feed him without him hiding. Plus he only lunged at a frozen thawed mouse the 2nd time I tried to feed him. But I have a lot of options and I know he'll eat eventually.