My husband and I are new albino ball python owners. He is about 4.5 months old at 85 grams (3oz) We are having a bit of trouble feeding and I wanted to make sure we were doing everything correctly. I know they are difficult at times/fast but wanted to know if anyone could give me your thoughts to see if conditions are okay. Yes, I have looked around the boards, just want a personal opinion.

We have him in a 20 gallon tank as this is what was told to us when we purchased him. We realized this may have actually been too big so we cramped it for him He has two hides - one on the cool side (temp ranges from 78-80) and one on the hot side (ranges 88-91 degrees Fahrenheit) Water dish. Humidity is between 55-60 degrees

Lots of plants. He does hide quite a bit and is active at random times but mostly at night. We do not handle him at least 1-2 days before we try feeding and did leave him alone for a week to a week and a half for the past two times we tried to feed him

He is just showing no interest. We feed frozen thawed, which is what he was eating before, wiggle it in front of him a bit, he smells it but goes away afterwards and will just circle around it showing no interest. We do not take him out of his hide to feed. Just want to make sure this looks okay or if something is off that as new owners we don’t see. Thanks for any help! Also don’t know if we should leave the mouse in there for a bit or just wiggle it and take it away if he doesn’t take it.