Hey everyone!

I'm new to this site and to Ball Pythons. I have purchased my first BP and have some questions regarding the first feeding. My BP is a 2010, pet store thinks it might be about 3 months old. It is a CH. I have not yet measured, weighed, or sexed. I have had it for 4 days and plan to offer food later this week. It was very stressed when I received it and striked at my hand the first night when I was positioning a probe in the terrarium. Handled couple times last night for very short periods and it has calmed down a lot! I am breeding mice currently however the babies are only a day old so I will have to get some frozen ones to start off with. Any tips for the first feeding? How should I offer the thawed rodent? Does it need to be warmed up at all? Should I offer it to it with tongs or just leave it in his enclosure? Snake is always in it's hide, should I remove it, or take him out of it? Is it important to have a separate container for feeding? What do I do if he does not eat it? Finally, I have seen/read that prescenting the room is a good method, however I have a small apt. and my mice are in the same room all the time (I don't really have anywhere else for them), is this going to be a problem?

Thanks,