Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
He sounds perfectly normal to me, so do try to relax a bit. I know it's because you care a lot and because you're new at snake-keeping, & you're not yet sure what you're seeing.

We all were new at this "once upon a time". When you get more practice you'll understand his actions & moods much better. Like his "interest" in you when he's hungry- that's because to him, motion translates to "hey, maybe it's dinner?" LOL Like I said, they see & follow motion & heat signatures, but snakes don't always make good guesses as to what they see. They're not at all logical about what they can realistically swallow, so you have to do his thinking for him.

Watch out for over-feeding! Not sure how big your snake is but normally young BPs are only fed ONE hopper mouse per meal, not 2 & certainly not more, just because they still "act hungry".
Don't fall for that- snakes stay pumped up for food for hours & sometimes a day or more after they eat- it doesn't mean they should be fed more. Best to feed only ONE item of appropriate size/meal.
I had many people telling me that i should be feeding 2 hopper mice instead of 1, and it seems that they were right after i researched some more. I kept getting results as "feed hopper mice the first 3-4 meals" and my BP is much older. I got him when he was about 4/5 months old, and tbh i just realised almost 3 months have passed and a 7-8 months BP isn't really a baby anymore haha. Judging by his last shed (a month ago) he was 52 cm long, probably bigger now. I know it's better to give 1 mouse, it's just i ordered the wrong size of mice thinking they were big enough, but judging from what others say it's not. Oopsie "