Okay, the 4-gal container is set up with hide and water. 90 on hot side and 80 on cool side. Humidity is a bit low, about 60%. We're handling as little as possible. We learn that Hurley probably doesn't like cold food. Fine. I bring the container into the kitchen and thaw the mouse pinky out in hot water. By the time I dangle it in front of him it is cold. I try dipping it back in the hot water. Apparently he doesn't like wet food. So I dry it off by dabbing it on a cloth. By this time it's cold again and I have to start the process over. But the live mouse pinkies seem to scare him. My question is this: how do you present warm food to a ball python? No matter what I do it is cold by the time I present it to him. This is the same one that did not eat for five weeks untill assisted with feeding. We're still trying different things to get him to eat on his own. Also, how often do we feed him? Once a week or every two weeks? Or wait until he poops it out?