I just got a BP and this is the first time I'm feeding him. (Also my first snake)

I just threw the rat in his tank and he's coiled in the corner while the rat is running around the tank. Whenever the rat comes near Alfred (the name of my BP), he raises his neck and sometimes jabs at him. But the rat is still alive and I think has made a nest of the dirt and moss in the tank.
Alfred is doing a yawning like thing...is he yawning or unhinging his jaw?
Because he's done that a lot.

I will feed him in a different tank later on but right the one he's in is the one he's going to eat in and I don't have everything I need for his new tank.
What do you think of feeding them in separate tanks?

How long should I wait for him to eat it? Because he's in a new environment and I think going to shed soon so he might not want to eat but I don't want to take the rat out until I'm sure.



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