Finally it has been a week, well a little longer (10 days) since we brought home Squeeze. Now it’s time to give feeding a try. I decided to try live feeding since that is how the breeder has been feeding my BP. I had him show me what to do in case of a problem.

We’ll skip the visit to the pet store. I arrive home with a live small rat in a box and place the box next to Squeeze’s enclosure. I wait approx. 30 minutes then open the enclosure and Squeeze appears to be searching for something. I drop the rat in and “bam” in less than a minute the rat has been overtaken and is going down for the count (KTFO). It was an awesome sight. No problems were observed as I watched intensely with my tongs in my hand. (Jeez I feel like a kid on Christmas.)

After the constriction was done it only took about ten minutes for him to swallow the rat. Amazing. I have seen snakes eat on video, but never in person. It was neat to watch the rat move down the body.


Now the 48 hour countdown until short periods of handling start.

Sorry this was long, I was so excited I just wanted to share. To quote my wife “How lame, you’re a grown man acting like a six year old.” What can I say, that’s my personality –“BIG KID”